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QUASI OFFICIAL A5EITCIES CONCERNED 
WITH LATIN AMERICAN PROBLEMS 


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part i 
DEPARTMENTS 


agriculture 

Animal Industry, Bureau of - 1 

Commodity Credit Corporation - 1 

1. Foreign Purchasing Division - 1 

Dairy Industry, Bureau of - 1 

Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Bureau of - 1 

Foreign Agricultural Relations, Office of -2 

1. Cotton Section - 2 

2. Director, Office of - 2 

3. Foreign Agricultural Research - 2 

4. Grain - 3 

5« Latin American Division - 3 

Forest Service - 3 

Plant Industry, Bureau of - 4 

Rural Electrification Administration - 4 
1. Engineer Training - U 

Soil Conservation Service - 4 


COMMERCE 

Civil Aeronautics Administration - 5 

Civil Aeronautics Board - 5 

Census, Bureau of - 5 

1. Vital Statistics Section - 5 

Coast and Geodetic Survey - 6 

Commercial Intelligence Division - 6 

1. Inquiry aud Reference Section -6 

Coordination of International Statistics, - 
Division of - 6 

Federal Loan Agency - 6 

1. Export-Import Bank - 6 

2. Reconstruction Finance Corporation - 7 

a. Defense Supplies Corporation - 7 
h. Metals Reserve Corporation - 7 
c. Rubber Reserve - 7 

Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau of - 8 

1. International Economy, Division of - 8 
", a. American Republics Unit - 8 

2. Trade Agreements Unit - 9 


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Weather Bureau - 9 













TABLE OF CONTENTS 


PART I 
DEPARTMENTS 

INTERIOR JUSTICE 

Fish and Wildlife Service Special War Policies Unit of the War Division 

1. Fishery Biology - 10 1. Propaganda Analysis Section _ 13 

2 . Fisheries Industry - 10 


Fisheries Coordination Committee - 10 
Geological Survey 

1. Strategic Minerals, Division of - 10 

Indian Affairs, Office of 

1. National Indian Institute _ ll 

Indian Arts and Crafts Board - 11 

Information, Division of 

1. Radio Section - 11 

Mines, Bureau of 

1. Foreign Minerals Division - 11 

National Park Service 

1. Travel Bureau - 12 

Petroleum Coordinator for War, Office of - 12 

Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Section - 12 

Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration - 12 


LABOR 

Children's 3ureau - l4 

Labor Standards, Division of _ i4 

Women's Bureau 

1. Latin American Division _ l4 

NaVY 

Naval Intelligence, Office of - 15 
United States Coast Guard - 15 


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PART I 
DEPARTMENT S 


STATE 

Advisor on International Economic Affairs, 

Office of - 16 

Advisor on Political Relations, Office of - l 6 
American Republics Division - l 6 

Board of Economic Operations - l 6 

1. American Eemis-ohere Export Office - 17 

2. Commercial Policy and Agreements - 17 

3 . Defense Materials, Division of - 17 

4. Foreign Funds and Financial Division - 17 

5 . Inter-American Financial and 

Economic Advisory Committee - IS 
a. Inter-American Maritime 
Technical Committee - IS 
0 . Inter-American Coffee 
Board - 18 

6 . World Trade Intelligence - 19 
Caribbean Office - 19 

Central Translating Office - 19 

Consultant on Petroleum Matters, Office of - 19 

Cultural Relations, Division of - 20 

Current Information, Division of - 20 


Foreign Activities Correlation, Division 
of - 20 

Foreign Service Administration, Division 
of - 21 

Foreign Service Personnel, Division of - 21 

Geographer, Office of the - 21 

International Boundary Commission- United 
States and Mexico - 22 

International Communications, Division of 
1. Aviation Section - 22 

International Conferences, Division of - 22 

Legal Advisor, Office of the - 23 

Political Warfare Section - 23 

Visa Division - 23 


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PART I 
DEPARTMENTS 

TREASURY WAR 

Customs Bureau - 24 Army Intelligence C-2 - 26 

Foreign Funds Control, Division of - 24 Panama Canal - 26 

Monetary Research, Division of - 25 
Narcotics Bureau - 25 
Secret Service - 25 


PART II 

INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COiiMISSION UNITED STaTSS MARITIME COMMISSION 

1. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service - 27 1. Coordination of Inter-American Ship¬ 

ping, Committee for the - 27 

2. War Shipping Administration - 27 

FEDERAL TRaDE COMISSION UNITED STATES TARIFF COMISSION 


1. Legal Section - 27 

a. Export Trade _ 27 


1 . Economics Division - 28 


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Part III 
war agencies 


EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT WAR COMMUNICATIONS BOARD - 33 

BOARD OF ECONOMIC WARFARE - 29 WAR INFORMATION, Office of - 3U 

1. Office of Economic Warfare Analysis WAR PRODUCTION BOARD - 3^+ 

a. American Hemisphere Division - 29 

b. International Transport Division - 30 

c. Petroleum Division - 30 

&. Reoccunation and Reconstruction Division - J<0 

2. Exnorts, Office of - 3O 

3. Imnorts, Office of - 31- 


OFF ICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 


ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN - 31 


CENSORSHIP, Office of - 31 

COORDINATOR OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS, Office 

of - 32 

LEND-LEASE ADMINISTRATION, Office of 

1. Latin American Clearing Division - 32 

PRICE ADMINISTRATION, Office of 

1. American Territories and Possessions - 33 

2. Import-Export Division - 33 


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PART IV 

INTERNATIONAL AND PAN AMERICAN AGENCIES 


AGRARIAN claims COMMISSION-UNITED STATES aND 

MEXICO - 35 

INTER-AMERICAN institute of agricultural 
SCIENCES - 38 

aNglo-american Caribbean commission - 35 

INTER-aMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE - 39 

Caribbean advisory commission - 35 

INTER-AMERICAN RADIO OFFICE - 39 

CODIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, Committee 
of Experts on the - 35 

INTER-aMERICAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE - 39 


INTER-aMERICaN TRADE MARK bureau - 39 

EMERGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR POLITICK'D DEFENSE - 36 

INTER-AMERICAN UNION OF THE CARIBBEAN - 39 


INTER-AMERICAN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION COMMISSION - 36 

INTERNATIONAL COTTON ADVISORY COMMITTEE -UO 

INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION OF WOMEN - 36 

international LABOR OFFICE - 40 

INTER—AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE DAIRY INDUSTRIES - 37 

INTERNATIONAL office of the postal union of 

INTSR-aMERICaN COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON NATURE PRO¬ 
TECTION and wildlife preservation - 37 

THE AMERICAS AND SPAIN -40 

international transfer OFFICE - 4o 

INTSR-AMERICAN COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE SOCIaL 

SECURITY - 37 

INTERNATIONAL wheat council - 4l 

INTER-aMERICaN C OMMITTEE for territorial ADMINISTRA¬ 
TION - 38 

JOINT MEXICAN-UNITED STaTES DEFENSE COMMISSION 

- 4l 

PaN AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STaTES 

INTER-aMERICaN DEFENSE BOaRD - 38 

- 4l 

PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY CONFEDERATION - 4l 

INTER-aMERICaN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - 38 


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FART IV 

INTERNATIONAL AND PAN AMERICAN AGENCIES 


PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY FINANCE COMMITTEE - 42 

PAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY - 42 

PAN AMERICAN RAILWAY COMMITTEE - 42 

PAN AMERICAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE - 42 

PAN -AMERICAN SANITARY BUREAU -44 

PAN AMERICAN SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE - 44 

PAN AMERICAN UNION - 44 

PANEL OF MEDIATORS (Pan American. Union) . - 43 

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PERMANENT AMERICAN AERONAUTICAL COMMISSION - 43 

PERMANENT COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION AID CON¬ 
CILIATION - 43 

PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION 
AND UNIFORMITY OF LEGISLATION - 43 

PERMANENT COMMITTEE OF JURISTS ON THE UNIFICA¬ 
TION OF CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LAWS 
OF AMERICA - 45 

PERMANENT COMMITTEE OF THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY 
CONGRESSES - 45 


PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL 
LAW - 45 

PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON PUDLIC INTERNATIONAL 
LAW - 45 

PROTECTION OF CHILDHOOD, AMERICAN IN¬ 
TERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE - 35 


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PART V 

MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES 


FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM - 46 

FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY 

1. Office of Education - 46 

a. Division of Inter-American Relations - 47 

FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY 

1. Public Roads Administration - 47 

a. Inter-American Highway Regional Office -47 

GORGAS MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 

1. Gorgas Memorial Laboratory - 47 


INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE 
THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS 


INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE 

INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE 
TROL - 48 


INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE 
cations - 49 


ON COOPERATION WITH 

- 4S 

ON FOOD SUPPLY - 48 
ON FOREIGN FUNDS CON- 


ON HEMISPHERE COMKUNI- 


INTER-DEPARTMENTAL SHIPPING PRIORITIES ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE - 50 


INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE - 50 


LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

1. Documents, Division of - 50 

2. Hispanic Foundation - 51 

3 . Law Library - 51 

4. Librarian, Office of - 51 

5. Music, Division of - 51 

national archives - 52 


national gallery of art 

1. Assistant Director, Office of - 53 


national academy of sciences 

1. National Research Council - 53 

NATIONAL RESOURCES PLANNING BOARD - 53 


PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE - 5^ 


INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL AVIATION 
TRAINING FOR CITIZENS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN 
REPUBLICS - 49 


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

1. American Ethnology, Bureau of - 5^+ 

2. International Exchanges - 54 

3. National Museum - 5^ 


INTER-DEPARTMENTAL PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL 
R-JJIO COMMUNICATION - 49 


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Name 

Bureau of 

Animal 

Industry 


Commodity 
Credit Cor¬ 
poration 
Foreign 
. Purchas¬ 
ing Divi¬ 
sion 


Bureau of 
Dairy In¬ 
dustry 


Bureau of 
Entomology 
and Plant 
Quarantine 


Function 

Primarily concerned with the protection and 
development of the live-stock and meat indus¬ 
tries of the United States, Also concerned 
with imports of meat from the other Americas. 
Studies of cattle conditions have "been made 
in Brazil and Peru, and an expert has "been 
sent to Argentina to make a similar study. 

Buys un certain commodities in other countries 
to guarantee sale of crons, (e.g. Due to shin¬ 
ning difficulties, the Colombian coffee auota 
for next year might not all he marketable. 

In this event, the Commodity Credit Coroora- 
tion might buy the unsold nortion of the 
quota for storage in Columbia.) 

Conducts investigations in the breeding and 
management, of dairy cattle and nutrition 
investigations. At the reaucst of the Ven¬ 
ezuelan Government and through a grant of 
the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 
two representatives of the Bureau were sent 
to Venezuela to investigate the availability 
of dairy products in areas that are short on 
food, a study of the livestock situation 
was made there in relation to the nutrition 
program that is at present under consideration 
of the Coordinator of Inter-Amcrican Affairs. 

Concerned with the study of insects, devclop*- 
ment of insecticides, the prevention of the 
introduction of foreign plant pests, and the 
control of plant diseases and insect pests. 
Maintains stations in the other Americas; 
representatives are in Mexico, Chile, Uru¬ 
guay, and Panama. 


1 


AGRICULTURE 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Agriculture 

Mr. John R. 

Ext. 

East Wing 

Mohler, Chief 

Room 226 S. Wing, 

4421 


Administrat ion 


l4th & Inde¬ 

Mr. J.B. Hutson, 

Ext. 

pendence Avenue 

President 

527S 


Mr. Miguel K. 

• 


Crossnay, Director 


Miss Sweeney, sec 

- Ext. 


rotary, Room 3069 

3693 

Agriculture 

Mr. O.E. Reed, 

Ext. 

South Building 

Chief, Room 

2953 

4441 


Miss Bilkcrt, 
secretary 




tAgriculture Dr. P.N. Ann end Ext. 

Miss Herlihy, 2745 

secretary 

Room 5^63 




















Name 

Office of 
Foreign 
agricul¬ 
tural Rela¬ 
tions 
Cotton 
Section 


Function 

Made several surveys of the cotton -producing 
countries. Contemplates making a renort of 
the cotton situation in all of Latin America. 
Arranged for the purchase of cotton surpluses 
in Haiti, Peru and Nicaragua during the war, 
in cooneration with Commodity Credit Cornora- 
tion. 


Office of 
the Direc¬ 
tor of For¬ 
eign Agri¬ 
cultural 
Relations 


Office of 

Foreign 

Agricultural 

Relations 
Division 
of For¬ 
eign Agri¬ 
cultural 
Research 


Acts as a clearing house for all the Latin 
American activities of the Office of Foreign 
Agricultural Relations. Particularly concern 
cd with the establishment of experiment sta¬ 
tions in several Latin American countries. 

Re search material on -plants and -orouagation is 
sent to South American Governments. Conduct’s 
a training program for Latin American student 
Lends technicians in livestock and dairy in¬ 
dustries to countries requesting aid. 

Undertakes surveys with reference to encour¬ 
aging cultivation of com-olementary, non¬ 
competitive -products in Latin America-... 
icrons which cannot he grown successfully 
in the United States. Maintains contact 
with general agricultural developments in 
foreign countries, and keens track of the 
markets for American agricultural commodi¬ 
ties abroad. Also interested in land -pro¬ 
blems, and in foreign agricultural adminis¬ 
tration. a considerable part of its work 
relates to the other American republics. 


2 - 


Address 
Department 
of Agricul¬ 
ture 


Agriculture 

l4th & Indo- 

-pondcnce Ave¬ 
nue. 


Agriculture 
lLth & Inde- 
■pendcnco Ave¬ 
nue 


AGRICULTURE 
Official Phone 

Mr. P. Norris, Ext. 
Chief 4015 

Room 4521 
Mrs. Hyde, 
secretary 


Mr. Leslie Ext. 

Wheeler, Dir- 4691 

cctor, Room 
4083, Miss 
Pasback, secre¬ 
tary 

Dr. R.E. Moore, Ext. 
Assistant Chief 3^2 
Room 4032 

Dr. G. B. Arncr, Ext. 
Chief 2862 

Miss McNally, 
secretary 










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Name 


Function 


Office of 
Foreign Agrl 
cultural Re- 
lations 
Grain 
Section 


Office of 
Foreign Ag- 
riculturel 
Relations 
Latin 
Amer ican 
Division 


Forest 

Service 


Composed of grain experts who analyse and 
interpret the grain situation throughout the 
world. Estimates cron activities also estim¬ 
ates and checks food requirements all over 
Latin America. ait present is investigating 
manioc (cassava, yucca) which is a basic 
food requirement in Latin America. 

Deals more specifically with liaison work 
between the South American countries and 
the United States in matters of policy and 
projects. Maintains rcprcscnta-tivcs and 
extension centers in some of the South and 
Central American countries. Responsible 
for inauguration of new agricultural pro- 
duction activities of the Latin nations. 

(i.e. crops complementary to United States 
agriculture.) 

Has been working with the Latin .American 
republics and plans to send a mission to 
make a survey of Latin American forestry, 
particularly Brazil. Investigation will 
include the possibility of using wood on 
the Pan American highway and in shin-build¬ 
ing nrograms and general determination of 
the available quantities of specific woods 
and the problems of extracting them. A 
Forest Station in Puerto Rico is maintained 
by the Forest Service which contains all 
available literature pertinent to tropical 
forestry. The service has also lent a man 
to the Haitian-American Society for Agri¬ 
cultural Development in Haiti. Forest Ser¬ 
vice hones to bring some Latin American stu¬ 
dents to the Wisconsin laboratory for for¬ 
estry training. - 3 


Address. 


AGRICULTURE 
Official Phone 


Agr iculture 

l4th & Inde¬ 
pendence Ave¬ 
nue 


Mr. Gordon Ext. 

Boals, Chief 5^-13 

Room 4052 
Miss Studdard, 
secretary 


Agr iculture 
l4th & Inde¬ 
pendence Ave¬ 
nue 


Mr. R. H. aIIcc, Ext. 
Chief 40lU 

Mrs* B. Ccconi, 
secretary 


Agriculture Mr. Earle E. A Ext. 

South Building Clapp, Acting 3722 

Chief 

Miss Simonson, 
secretary, 

Room 3010 





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Name 


Punetion 


Bureau of Primarily a research agency. The Division 

Plant In- of Rubber Plant Investigations is very act- 

dust ry ive at present. Stations are maintained 

in various Latin American countries. 


Rural Works in cooperation with the Coordinator 

Electrifi- of Inter-American Affairs in bringing up 
cation Ad- each year a number of South American grad- 
ministration uate students for training in advanced 
Engineer electrical engineering. 

Training 

Course 


Soil Conser- Encourages the use of erosion control prac- 
vation Ser- tices in agriculture through the demonstra- 
ice tion of practical soil-conserving measures.- 

Has sent representatives to Latin America, 
particularly to Venezuela, by request from 
Latin American governments. Has instituted 
a training program for Latin American stu¬ 
dents to study soil conservation in this 
country under a grant from the Coordinator 
of Inter-American Affairs. 


AGRICULTURE 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Agriculture 

Mr. Robert 

Ext. 

l4th & Inde¬ 

Salter, Chief 

6138 

pendence Ave¬ 

Miss L. Ward, 


nue 

secretary 

Room ?10W 



Dr. Cullinan, 

Ext. 


Assistant Chief, 
Loraine A. Alex¬ 
ander, secretary 
Room P10W 

613 S 

Boatman's 

Dr. Jack Levin, 


Bank Building 

Director 


St. Louis, 
Missouri 

REA Office 


Agriculture 

Dr. H.H. Bennett 

, Ext. 

South Building 

Chief 

Room 4975 

Miss Phillips, 
secretary 

4531 


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Function 


Eame 

Civil Aero¬ 
nautics ■Bi¬ 
mini str at ion 
Inter-Am- 

crican 

Aviation 

Training 

Program 


Civil aero¬ 
nautics 
Board. 


Sponsors « ^ 

ing for Latin « '“f s * r0 the civilian 
colleges and univ J „ t ^ Department oi 

riilot^training nrogra* °^\ ring8 Latin 
Commerce is available. tbc Xnter-De- 

Americans for r , Gn Technical Aviation 

nartmental Gorri ®^ cns * of the Latin American 
Training for cit Q Department, uiv ^ 

Republics on vhic tion ,' Defense Supnlie 

Aeronautics *££££?„ 0 f mter^orican 
Corporation, rcT)rcs cnted. 

Affairs, etc. 

. , . Latin American training 

- Formerly con ^ ^\. C n discontinued., 
program which has b^en a 


Bureau of 
the Census 
Vital 

Statistics 

Section 


ovirvcv of Latin Ameri- 
c a preliminary scnd an expert _ 

census talcing. republics m 

,n to advise and thc first 

>ir census wor * . tics over made m 

isus of vital s a th0 Coordinator 

iti in cooperation ^ the request 

Inter-American ’ sending three 

the State Lcnartment ain rf th0 

.U time exnerts to co taWng . Oon- 

iblics. to assxst in c. od L „ tln Amorr- 

rets a thc United States 

on students to stuay 


Address 

Capitol Wall 
Paper Build¬ 
ing, 12 th & 

pyc Streets 


COMMERCE 


Official. 

Phone 

John Parte r, 

Ext. 
2 L 60 

Chief 

Miss RunAle, 


secretary 

Ext. 

62 S 

Porcy Warner, 
Assistant Chief 

Miss Morin, 

secretary 



lLth between 
33 and Consti— 
tut ion 


Census Build¬ 
ing, 

Suitland, 

Maryland 


Inf or mad ion 

may be obtained 
from Mr. Bailey, 
Technical Con¬ 
sultant 


Ext. 
2025 


Dr. Dunn, Chief 
Room 17°5 


Trinidad 

3000 

Ext 4 3 U0 


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Nano 


Function 


Civil Aero¬ 
nautics Ad¬ 
ministration 
Inter—Am- 
erican 
Aviat ion 
Training 
Program 


Sponsors -primary and secondary -pilot train¬ 
ing for Latin American students enrolled in 
colleges and universities where the civilian 
■pilot training urogram of the Department of 
Commerce is available. Also brings un Latin 
Americans for training under the Inter-De- 
-partmcntal Committee on Technical Aviation 
Training for citizens of the Latin American 
Republics on which State Department, Civil 
aeronautics Administration, Defense Sunnlies 
Corporation, Coordinator of Inter-American 
Affairs, etc. arc represented. 


Civil ncro- Formerly conducted a Latin American training 
nautics urogram which has been discontinued.. 

Board 


Bureau of Made e. -preliminary survey of Latin Amcri- 
the Census cam census talcing. Will send an expert 

Vital down to advise and assist the republics in 

Statistics their census work. Undertook the first 
Section census of vital statistics ever made in 

Haiti in cooperation with the Coordinator 
of Inter-American Affairs. At the request 
of the State Department, arc sending three 
full time experts to certain of the re¬ 
publics, to assist in census taking. Con¬ 
ducts a training for qualified L^tin Ameri¬ 
can students to study in the United States. 


5 


COMMERCE 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Capitol Wall 

John Parker, 

Ext. 

Panor Build¬ 

Chief 

2460 

ing, 12th & 

Miss Runkle, 


Eye Street s 

secretary 



Percy Warner, 

Ext. 


Assistant Chief 

628 


Miss Morin, 
secretary 


l4th between Information Ext. 
E and Consti- may bo obtained 0025 
tut ion from Mr. Bailey, 

Technical Con¬ 
sultant 


Census Build¬ 
ing, 

Suitland, 

Maryland 


Dr. Dunn, Chief Trinidad 
Room 1705 3000 

Ext. 3 U 0 











Heme 


runetion 


Commercial Has three main functions:- 

Intelligence 1.-investigating foreign firms f or govern- 

Section ment or private agencies. 

2. -compiling lists of sales outlets abroad. 

3. -conducting a Trade Opportunity Service. 
Research is done confidentially for govern¬ 
ment denartments on the political "health* 1 
of Latin American business firms. The 
"Blacklist" originated in this office. (See 
World Trade Intelligence). The inquiry and 
Reference Section answers general inouiries 
on all varieties of commercial problems and 
it has extensive files on Latin America. 


Division of 
Coordination 
of Interna¬ 
tional Sta¬ 
tistics 


Docs research on statistics on trade crons, 
economic conditions, and uroduction, in the 
various nations. Office of Price administra¬ 
tion is using their findings on Latin Amorican 
countries a.s a Basis for their operations of 
price levels and rationing restrictions. 
(Gathers information for Requirements Branch 
of Exports, Board of Economic Warfare). 


Federal 
Loan .agency 
Exnort- 
Import 
Bank 


aids in financing and facilitating exports 
and imports, makes loans to assist in devel¬ 
oping resources, stabilizing economies, and 
marketing of products of Western Hemisphere 
nations. (Works closely with the Office 

of Imports, Board of Economic Warfare). 



COMMERCE 

Address 

Official Phone 


Commerce 

Mr. Schnell- Ext. 

Building 

bcchcr, Chief 2434 

l4th & Consti¬ 

Miss Frith, 

tution avenue 

secretary 

Room 1848 

Mr. Ahern, assis- " 
tent, Miss Frith, 
secretary, Room 

1848 


Commerce 
Building 
l4th & Consti- 

tut ion avenue 


Mr. August Maf- Ext. 
frey, Chief 23O8 

Miss E. Maguire, 
secretary 

Room 2616 


811 Vermont 
Avenue 


Mr* Warren Lee Ext. 
Pierson, Presi^ 624 
dent 

Miss E. Spitzcr, 
secretary, 

Mr. W.D. Whittc- Ext. 
more, Vice Presi¬ 
dent 

Miss Li, secretary 
Room 439 








J 






COMMERCE 


Name 

Function 

Address 

Official 

Phone 

Federal 

Performs three distinct functions as regards 

811 Vermont 

Mr. H.a. Mulli¬ 


Loan Agency 

Latin America. 

Avenue 

gan, Chief 


Recon¬ 

1. -Procures critical and strategic materials. 


Mr. John D. 

Ext. 

struction 

2.-Maintains a South American Republics Avia¬ 


Goodloe, Execu¬ 

615 

Finance 

tion Division which is fighting to shut 


tive Vico Presi¬ 


Corpora- 

out Axis air linos in South America. 


dent , r ~ 


tion 

3 .— Maintains the Latin American Trade Scholar¬ 


Mrs. Dix, secre¬ 


Defense 

ship Division. 


tary, Room IO69 


Sun- 





lies 





Corpor¬ 





ation 





Federal 

Makes agreements with all the mincra,l produc¬ 

811 Vermont 

Mr. Simon 

Ext. 

Loan Agency 

ing countries of Latin America and guarantees 

avenue 

Strauss, Assis¬ 

7?5 

Recon¬ 

their market in the United States if they agree 


tant Vice Pres¬ 


struction 

only to sell to other countries with the appro¬ 


ident , 


Finance 

val of, or at the suggestion of, the United States 

5. 

Miss Girard, 


Corpora— 

We have agreements with Brazil, Mexico, Chile,- 


secretary 


t ion 

Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia. Maintains repre¬ 




Metals 

sentatives in various countries and has estab¬ 




Reserve 

lished stock piles and shipping end buying sta¬ 




Corpora- 

tions . 




t ion 





Federal 

Purchases rubber for import into the United 

811 Vermont 

Mr. Bicknell, 

Ext. 

Loan Agency 

States. Now working on imports of rubber from 

Avenue 

Vice President 

1155 

Recon¬ 

Central and South America, under agreements made 


Miss C. Eno, 


struction 

with various Latin American governments. Fre¬ 


secretary 


Finance 

quently lends money to encourage rubber produc¬ 


Room 353 


Corpora¬ 

tion and guarantees adoauate prices for at 


Mr. Corson, 


tion 

least five years. 


Adninis t ra 11ve 


Rubber 



Assistant 


Reserve 





Corpora— 





t ion 

- 

7 - 









Name 


Function 


Bureau of 
Foreign and 
Domestic 
Commerce 


Bureau of 
Foreign and 
Domestic 
Commerce 
Division 
of Inter¬ 
net ional 
Economy 
(Ameri¬ 
can Re¬ 
publics 
Unit) 


Fosters, develops, and promotes United States 
foreign trade and collects, analyzes and dis¬ 
tributes information on economic, agricultur¬ 
al, commercial, and financial subjects that 
are important to our national wcl 1-being. 
Works in close cooperation with Office of 
Price Administration, War Production Board, 
Board of Economic Warfare, and the Array and 
Navy. Prepares material for those agencies 
and for the Coordinator of Inter-American 
Affairs. (Studies recently completed on 
ship-building facilities in South America.) 
Publications include the "Foreign Commerce 
Weekly", which deals with the tariff, ex¬ 
change, financial, economic, and trade con¬ 
ditions of the American Republics in its re¬ 
ports on the commercial status of all the 
nations of the world; the "Commercial Travel¬ 
er’s Guide to Latin America,", and "Exports 
and Imports of 20 Latin American Republics 
and Participation of six Selected European 
Countries." 

Cooperates with the Foreign Service of the 
State Department in collecting and analyz¬ 
ing significant economic facts about Latin 
America. Major source of official informa¬ 
tion on foreign-exchange developments, for¬ 
eign trade-financing, clearing and barter¬ 
ing arrangements, foreign public finance 
and banking and currency developments. Fur¬ 
nishes information on trade and economic con¬ 
ditions and basic research material for BEW 
especially on broad studies such as estab- 
blishnent by Americans of branch factories in 
foreign lands, and effect on international 


COMMERCE 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Commerce 

Carroll L. 

Ext. 

Building 

Wilson, Dir¬ 

2100 

l4th & Con¬ 

ector 


stitution 

Miss G. Cum¬ 


Avenue 

mings , 
secretary, 

Room 385 S 

Mr. O.P. Hopkins 

Ext. 


Executive as sis— 1701 
tent 


Commerce 
Building 
lUth & Consti¬ 
tution Avenue 


Wm. LaVe.rre, 
Chief, 

Evelyn Ritchie, 
secretary. Room 
350S 

Hr. Rollo Smith, 
Assistant Chief 
Fern Linder, 
secretary, Room 
3526 


Ext. 
2218 


Ext. 

2327 


S 















Name 


Function 


Bureau of 
Foreign and 
Domestic 1 
Commerce 
Division 
of Inter¬ 
na tional 
Economy 
Cont’d. 


Bureau of 
Foreign and 
Domestic 
C omnerc e 
Trade 

-u.gr cements 
Unit 

Weather 

Bureau 


business exchange restrictions and currency 
depreciation. Prepares analyses and studies 
•on foreign-trade to determine a possible 
basis for new-revised or supplementary agree¬ 
ments, and ascertains the effect of the war 
on the trade of countries with which atgree- 
nents have been or might be concluded. This 
section has wcll-classificd files dealing with 
all aspects of the flow of foreign commerce 
between specific Latin American countries end 
other nations of the world, with particular 
attention to relations with the United States. 

Prepares allocation of trade orders in the 
Republics, in cooperation with War Production 
Board. Attempts to distribute trade to the 
benefit of all the American countries, and 
participates in the negotiation of all trade 
agreements. Serves as mediator in adjust- 
nonts of disputes between the United States 
and other -American Republics. 

Trains Latin American students in weather 
forecasting technique. Makes translation 
of weather reports for Caribbean area. Plan¬ 
ning an Inter-American Conference of Meteor¬ 
ologists in fa-11 of 19^-2. 


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Ui O 


Address 


COMMERCE 


ommerco 

uilding 

lUth & Consti¬ 
tution Avenue 


2^th & M 
Streets, N.W. 


Official Phone 


Mr. H. McGowan, Ext. 
Chief 23OO 

Miss Thompson, 
secretary 
Room 3-57 


Mr. Weightman, Mi -3 200 

Chief Ext. 256 

Mrs. Buckhear s t, 
secretary 















Name 

Function 

Fish and 
Wildlife 
Service 
Fisheries 
Industry 
Fishery 
Biology 

assists in developing and conserving the 
fishery resources of the American Republics, 
provides for training selected Latin American 
students in the United States. Arranges for 
the purchase and transportation of fish eggs 
to Midele and South American countries and 
administers the Migratory Bird Treaty net, 
enforcing the convention with Mexico. 


• 


Fisheries 

Established August 1942-deals with nroblems 


Coordination concerning Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Serves the 


Committee 

Food Requirements .Committee, the War Produc- 
■ tion Board, and others on the surnoly, con¬ 
servation, allocation, merchandising and ra¬ 
tioning of food. Representatives of State, 
War, Navy, Justice, Treasury, Labor and Com¬ 
merce Departments, ulus Office of Price Ad¬ 
ministration, Interstate Commerce Commission, 
Reconstruction Finance Cornoration, Federal 
Security Administration, Board of Economic 
Warfare, Maritime Commission, and War Ship¬ 
ping Administration attend the meetings. 

Geological 

Survey 

Division 

.Makes surveys of Strategic minerals for de¬ 
fense purposes. At nrcsent, work is being 
carried on in ten Central and South Ameri- 


of Stra- can republics, 
tegic Min¬ 
erals 


10 


INTERIOR 


Address 

Official Phone 

(l4th & In¬ 

Person most Ext. 

dependence 

directly con- 3351 

Avenue) 

corned is the 

South Agri¬ 

Foreign Rela¬ 

cultural 

tions Liaison 

Building 

Officer-Mr. 

moving to 

Charles Jackson 

Interior 

Miss J. Krentzlin, 
secretary 

Room 5230 

Mr. R.H. Fiedler, 
Assistant 

Interior 

Dr. Irah Gabriel- Ext. 
son, Dcnuty Coor-I 3 O 35 
dinator 

Miss Joan Krcnz- 
lin, secretary 


F "between 18th Mr. Donald He- Ext. 
& 19 th Streets, witt, Chief 3735 
N.W. Miss Hansen, 

secretary 
Roon UPlh 

Mr. Thomas Ext. 
Nolan, assistant 3^93 
Room 4210 








Name 


Function 


Office of 

Indian 

Affairs 


Indian Arts 
and Crafts 
Board 


Division 
of Informa¬ 
tion 
Radio 
Section 

Bureau of 
Mines 
Foreign 
Minerals 
Division 


Established in November 19 U 1 , is the affil¬ 
iate in the United States of the Inter- 
American Indian Institute, which maintains 
headquarters in Mexico City. The National 
Institute maintains liaison with all Fed¬ 
eral agencies concerning Indian affairs and 
cooperates with the international organiza- 
ti on. 


Heins actively to develop Indian Arts and 
Crafts in cooperation with the Office of 
Indian Affairs and the National Indian In¬ 
stitute. The chief of the Board has made 
many contributions in the Inter-American art 
field, completing in 194l a study of the 
possibilities of Inter-American cooperation 
in the fields of arts and crafts. The 3oard, 
in conjunction with the Coordinator of Inter- 
American Affairs has prepared exhibits for 
circulation in the other Americas. 

Made fourteen films, in Spanish, from the ra¬ 
dio programs "United Nations Speak." Is 
preparing a series of news broadcasts to the 
other Americas, both short wave and normal 
wave lengths, in Spanish and Portuguese. 

Keeps informed concerning mineral and petrol¬ 
eum resources and production in Latin Ameri¬ 
can and other foreign countries. 


INTERIOR 


Address 

New Interior 
C between 18th 
and 19 th Sts. 


New Interior 


18th & E 
Streets, N.W. 


C between 18th 
and 19 th Sts. 

N.W. 


Official 

Mr. John Col¬ 
lier, Director 
Mr. Ernest Maes 
Acting Secretary 
Mr. E.M. Izqui- 
erdo, secretary 
Room 50^0 (at 
present) moving 
to 4i4o probably 

Rene d l Harnon¬ 
court , Chief 
Room 4l46 


Mr. Shannon 
Allen, Chief 
Jean Coffman, 
secretary 


Mr. J.S. 
McGrath, Chief 
Room 3617 
Mrs. Kallina., 
secretary 


Phone 
Ext. 

4591 


Ext. 

2426 


Ext. 

4030 


Ext. 

3376 


11 - 















Heme 


Function 


National 
Park Ser¬ 
vice 
Travel 
Bureau 

Office of 
the Petrol¬ 
eum Coordin¬ 
ator for War 


Puerto Rico 
Hurricane 
Relief Sec¬ 
tion 


Puerto Rico 
Reconstruc¬ 
tion admin¬ 
istration 


Is reediting, reprinting, and rescoring, in 
Spanish and Portuguese, existing motion nic- 
turc films produced by agencies of the United 
States Government, for distribution in Latin 
America. 

Coordinates ell Federal activities concerned 
with the production, refining, transporting, 
and marketing of petroleum. Member of the 
Latin American Supply Commission. Acts as the 
technical section of War Production Board in 
handling priorities on materials necessary 
to Latin American petroleum production. It 
advises the Board of Economic Warfare on the 
licensing of exports and imports of petrol¬ 
eum, and supervises the shipping of oil and 
supplies to and from Latin American ports. 

Also investigates the oil production situa¬ 
tion in Latin America. 

Supervises and adjusts outstanding loans made 
by the former Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief 
Commission, which was established shortly 
after the disastrous storm of 1928 . 

Maintains a Washington office and is 
active in Puerto Rico in carrying on rural 
rehabilitation. 


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INTERIOR 

Address 

Official 

Phone 

South Interior 

Mr. W.3. Mac- 

Ext. 

Building 

Name e , Chief 

2193 

C between 18th 

Room 2193 


and 19 th Sts. 

M.C. Heuset, 
secretary 


Interior 

Ralph K. Davies, 

Ext. 

Building 

Deputy Coordin¬ 
ator, Room 665 ^+ 
Miss Kirschling, 
secretary 

383 I 


Interior 

Mr. Guy Swope, 

Ext. 

South 3utid¬ 

Chief 

660 

ing, F between 

Room 651 ^- 


18th & 19 th 

Miss Roberts, 


Streets 

secretary 


South Interior 

Mr. Guy Swope, 

Ext. 

Building, F 

Chief 

660 

between 18th & 

Room 651 ^ 


19 th Streets 

Miss Roberts, 
secretary 











JUSTICE 


Name 

Function 

Address 

Official 

Phone 

Special War 
Policies 

Unit of the 
War Division 

The Propaganda Analysis Section of this Unit, 
an Intelligence Service, is concerned with 
the subversive activities of publications, 
organizations and individuals in the United 
States. The Latin American Section is of 

Hutchins 
Building 

939 D Street 

Mr. Jesse 
McKnight 

Room 510 

Miss 3iel- 
arc zyk 

Ext. 
805 


particular aid to the Emergency Advisory Com¬ 
mittee for Political Defense. (State Depart¬ 
ment ) 


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Same 


Function 


Children 1 s 
Bureau 


Division of 
Labor Stan¬ 
dards 


Women’s Bur¬ 
eau 

Latin /Ameri¬ 
can Division 


Concerned with child welfare and field 
social work in Latin America. 

Special projects are carried on, in coopera¬ 
tion with the other American Republics. 

A research and information service is avail¬ 
able to the Latin American Governments. Fel 
lowships are available for students and dir¬ 
ectors of social work in the Latin Anorican 
countries. This Bureau is the agent in the 
United States for the American Internation¬ 
al Institute for the Protection of Child¬ 
hood, whose headquarters are in Montevi¬ 
deo, Uruguay. Representatives are sent to 
Latin American countries at the rooucst of 
the Latin American Governments. 

Works toward the uniformity of labor legis¬ 
lation, health, safety, hour, workmen’s com¬ 
pensation, etc. in cooperation with the 
other American Republics, Research and var¬ 
ious projects arc conducted in cooperation 
with the South American countries on the 
aforementioned topics. 

Concerned mainly with the problems of wage- 
earning and employed women in Latin America. 
Representatives have been sent to Latin 
America, to conduct investigations and re¬ 
search in this field. Cooperates with 
Health Bureaus, Trade Unions, and the Inter- 
American Commission of Women. 


Address 


LABOR 


Official 


Phone 


1^-th & Consti¬ 
tution Avenue 


Kethcri ne 
Lenroot, Head 
Room 71 
Mrs. Canine, 
secretary 


Ext. S 


Mrs. Elizabeth 
Shirley, Chief 
Room 7137 
Miss Winger, 
secretary. 


Sxt. 

I69 


lUth & Consti¬ 
tution Avenue 


Verne a,. Zimmer, Ext. 
Director 216 

Room 6326 
Miss M. Leffing- 
well, secretary 


lUth & Consti- Miss Mary zmder- Ext. 

tut ion Avenue son, Chief 36 

Room I305 

Miss I. Schafer, 

secretary 

Miss Mary Cannon Ext. 

Room 13?0 39 

Latin /uncrican 
Division 







ILiVY 


Name 

Function 

xiddrcss 

Official 

Phon. 

Office of 

Collects and evaluates information on naval 

Commerce 

Cant a.in Vim. 

Ext. 

Naval In¬ 

and cognate natters. 

Suilding 

Puleston, Navy 

1376 

telligence 


lhth & Consti¬ 

Liaison Official 




tution xivenue 

Miss M. Moister, 





secretary, Room 

United 

In 13^1 "boats were sent to Latin America 

1300 S Street, 

Cantaln Reed 

Ext. 

States 

to show achievements and methods practiced 

N.¥. 

Hill, Public 

hU07 

Coast 

"by the Coa.st Guard. Distributes films on 


Relations 


Guard 

its work and activities in Latin ximcr icon 


Officer, Room 



countries. In I9UI South .American students 


8?02 



studied at the Coast Guard x^cademy. 


Miss Pennell, 





secretary 





Lt. Commander 

Ext. 


P. Murnhy (films) 6 lS 10 


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STaTE 


Fame 

Advisor on 
International 
Economic 
Affairs 

Advisor on 
Political 
Relations 


Division of 
the American 
Republics 


Board of 
Economic 
Operations 


Function 


Address 


Official Phone 


Performs an advisory function to the various 
sections of the department and to the Secre¬ 
tary of State on international economic 
affairs. 


17th & Pennsyl- Dr. Herbert 
vania Avenue Miss Davis, 

Secretary 
Room 368 


Feis Ext. 
hkU 


Concerned principally with Latin America, the 
advisor coordinates the political and eco¬ 
nomic activities of the various sections of 
the State Department that deal with Latin 
America. Acts as the liaison "between the 
State Department and the Coordinator of 
Inter-American Affairs. 


17th & Pennsyl- Mr. Laurence 
vania Avenue Duggan 

Miss Supplee, 
Secretary 
Room 328 


Ext. 

621 


Has charge of the relations of the United 
States with the twenty Latin American repub¬ 
lics, and with Inter-American organizations. 
Coordinates under its aegis the work of new 
sections that deal with war time aspects of 
the good neighbor policy. Maintains liaison 
with other government agencies on military, 
economic, cultural, and social matters, 
conducts research, and controls Political 
Warfare Section. 


17th & Pennsyl- Mr. Philip 
vania Avenue 3 onsal, Chief 

Mrs. Angle, 
Secretary 
Room 315 


Ext. 

655 


Designated to carry out the functions of the 
Department of State in connection with the 
economic defense of the United States, and 
to assist in formulating policies and coor¬ 
dinating the activities of the various 
divisions of which the Board is composed. 
(Hot to be confused with the Board of 
Economic Warfare.) 


17 th & Pennsyl- Dean Achcson, Ext. 

vania Avenue Chairman 178 

Assistant Secre¬ 
tary of State 
Mr. Emilio Collado, 
Executive Secretary 
Room 2015 


_ l6 _ 




























Name 


Function 


Board of 
Economic 
Operations 
... American 
Hemisphere 
Export 
Office 


Establishes and determines State Department 
policy in regard to exports to Latin America 
exclusive of arms and ammunition and lend- 
lease etc. Directs the work of the missions 
in Latin America in furnishing to the United 
States data on requirements reports. Works 
to assure the uolicy of "eoual treatment" for 
the South American republics. Maintains 
liaison with Board of Economic Warfare, War 
Production Board, and War Shipping Adminis¬ 
tration. 


B.E.O. Negotiates commodity and trade agreements and 

Division commercial treaties. These deal with the 
of Commer- South American countries that produce hides, 
cial Policyflaxseed, canned "beef, casein, etc. 
and Agree¬ 
ments 


B.E.O. Secures adequate amounts of raw materials from 

Division abroad in cooperation with other government 
of Defense agencies. Makes agreements providing for 
Materials exportable surpluses of the South American 

countries. Arranges for financing additional 
production of strategic materials. Does pre¬ 
clusive buying in addition to working on 
coordination of shipping with the raw materials 
acquisition urogram. 


B.E.O. 

Foreign 
Funds and 
Financial 
Division 


Has responsibility in all matters of foreign 
policy in foreign funds control and other 
financial matters, as well as maintenance of 
liaison with other government departments 
concerned with these matters. (Works 

closely with Treasury.) 


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ST.-i.TE 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Winder Bldg. 

Mr. C. Ravndal, 

Ext. 

17 th & F 

Chief 

230U 

Streets 

Mrs. Wilson, 



Secretary, Hoorn 

312 


Mr. 0 . Ravndal, 

Ext. 


Assistant Chief 
Miss Creekmore, 
Secretary 

Room 510 

2571 


18 th & E 

Mr. Harry 

Ext. 

Streets N.W. 

Hawkins, Chief 
Miss Kelly, 

678 


Secretary 

Mr. W. A. Fowler 

Ext. 


Assistant Chief 

770 

17th & Penn¬ 

Mr. Thomas 

Ext. 

sylvania 

Finletter, Chief 

2267 

Avenue 

Room 360 

Mrs. Stagg, 
Secretary 

Mr. Francis 
Linville 

Room 365 

2107 

17 th & Penn¬ 

Mr. Frederick 

Ext. 

sylvania 

Livcsey, Chief 

6U9 

Avenue 

Miss Lansville, 
Secretary 

Mr. Bernard 

Ext. 


Meltzcr, Assis¬ 
tant Chief 

Miss Sireeter, 
secretary 

1—1 

r— 

Jut - 


















l\i cLIQ 0 


Function 


3 .E.O. 
Inter- 
American 
Financial 
and Eco¬ 
nomic ad¬ 
visory 
Committee 


Consists of a "board of twenty-one experts in 
economic problems, one from each of the Ameri 
can republics. Its functions include the 
consideration of a broad range of financial 
and economic matters. Has made studies of 
shipping problems and marine insurance, and 
sponsored an Inter-American Maritime Con¬ 
ference and the Inter-American Coffee Board. 


B.E.O.-Inter-An outgrowth of the Inter-American Financial 
American and Economic Advisory Commission. Chief 
Financial andactivity is acquiring and -placing into oper- 
Economic Ad- at ion, for the Latin American republics, 
visory Com- confiscated Axis vessels. Also concerned 
mittee with the problems of shipping between the 

Inter-Amer-nations of the Western Hemisphere and 
ican Mari- technical problems in steamer operations, 
time Tech- Each of the twenty-one republics is rcpre- 
nical Com- sented by a delegate on the Board 
mission 


3 .E.O.-Inter-Delegates from 15 coffee producing countries 
American 
Financial 
and Economic 
Advisory 
Committee 
Inter- 
American 
Coffee 
Board 


of Latin America sit on this board and carry 
out the provisions of the Inter-American 
Coffee Agreement, signed in Washington in 
November 19 ^- 0 . The Board will undertake a 
study of the problem of coffee surpluses in 
the producing countries participating in 
the agreement. 


- lg 


STATE 


Address 

Official 

Ph one 

17th & Penn¬ 

Hon. Sumner 

Ext. 

sylvania 

Welles, Chair¬ 

17 S 

Avenue 

man-Secretary 
of State 

Mr. E. Collado, 
Assistant to the 
Secretary of 
State 

Mrs. Carter, 
secretary 

Room 2015 


Fan American 

SenorrLuis 


Union 

Delgado-G-ardel, 


17th & Con¬ 

secretary 


stitution 

United States 


Avenue 

renresentative, 
Mr. Charles 
Stoddard 



Miss Stiny, 

Ext. 


secretary 

Room Lbl6 

579 


2 U 00 loth 

Mr. Paul Daniels, Adam: 

Street F.W. 

Chairman 3029 


Mr. Herbert 


Delafield, 


Secretary Manager 
Room 628 





O El O 


Dame 


Function 


World Trade 

Intelligence 

Division 


Caribbean 

Office 


entral 
ransiating 
f f ice 


Consultant 
on Petro¬ 
leum Matters 


Originally part of the Coordinator of Inter- 
American Affairs, the function was to obtain 
information on the operations of Axis- 
controlled firms in South America. Dow the 
operations of this division extend to Europe 
and the East. Information on politically 
undesirable business enterprises is obtained 
through the Foreign Service. Publishes a 
bulletin (which is revised every 3 months) of 
the proclaimed firms in various areas; 
American firms must refrain from trading with 
these companies or pay the penalty. 

Concerned with the interplay of social and 
economic forces, such as housing, health, 
education, labor, finance, and commerce, 
among the independent republics, possessions 
of the United States, and European colonies 
in the Caribbean region. 

Selects, translates, and distributes publi¬ 
cations of the government of the United 
States in Latin America. 


Concerned mainly with advisory and policy 
forming activity in regard to petroleum 
matters. The consultant also works in 
cooperation with the Office of the Petroleum 
Coordinator for "War (Department of Interior). 


Address 


STAI 


Official 


Phone 


Commerce 31 dg, 
lUth & Con¬ 
stitution 
Avenue 


Mr. irancis 
Hussell, Assis¬ 
tant Chief 
Miss Criss, 
secretary 


Hoorn 


IS69 


Ext. 

715 


temporary u 
Building 
12 th & Con¬ 
stitution 
Avenue 


Mr. Wilson, 
Acting Chief 
Miss 3 . Hughes, 
secretary 


Ext, 
751 


Hill Building 


M- 


r. G. Suro, 


?39 17th Street Chief 

Mr. H. Gimenez, 
Assistant 
Miss Pringle, 
secretary 
Hoorn SOI 


Ext. 

555 


17th & Penn¬ 
sylvania 
Avenue 


fir. Max Thornburg Ext. 
Miss Davidson, 2365 
secretary 
Hoorn 362 

Mr. Lester Dewlin, Ext. 
Special Assistant 2^80 
to the Consultant 
Hoorn 363 

















Dame 


Function 


Division of 
Cultural 
Relations 


Division of 
Current 
Information 


Division of 
Foreign 
Activity 
Correlation 


Works for improved mutual understanding "be¬ 
tween the United States and the Latin 
American countries, the removal of "barriers 
to cultural intercourse, and the promotion 
of a free interchange of thought and 
achievements through scientific, technical, 
and educational advancement, the arts and 
the press, motion pictures, and radio, and 
visits of leaders in the various fields of 
knowledge. Maintains a program of exchange 
of students and professors. Cooperates 
closely with the Coordinator of Inter-Ameri¬ 
can Affairs. 

Charged with: the maintenance of relations 
"between the State Department and the domestic 
and foreign press, the radio, and the news 
reels; preparation and dissemination of press 
summaries and clippings to the Department 
officials; and dissemination of information 
re activities of the Foreign Service to the 
Department. Maintains liaison with other 
government agencies and cooperates with the 
geographical divisions of the Department and 
the Division of Cultural Relations. 

Concerned with elimination of subversive ac¬ 
tivities and Axis influence in the American 
republics. Makes use of all information ob¬ 
tainable in connection with censorship matters 
and suspected Fifth Column activities. Deals 
mainly with specific cases and frequently 
works in close cooperation with the Intelli¬ 
gence Services of the various Latin American 
countries. Cooperates with the Office of 
Censorship in the United States, Department of 


20 


STaTE 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

17 th & Penn¬ 

Mr. Charles 

Ext. 

sylvania 

Thomson, Chief 

595 

Avenue 

Miss S. Lewis, 



secretary 



Room G-ll 



Mr. W.L.Schurz Ext. 
Assistant Chief 2184 
Miss Convery, 
secretary 
Room G-22 


17th & Penn¬ 
sylvania 
Avenue 


Mr. Michael Ext. 

McDermott, Chief 2421 
Miss D.Soderlund, 
Secretary 
Mr. John Dryer, 
Assistant Chief 


Room 13 2p- 


17 th & Penn¬ 
sylvania 
Avenue 


Mr. George E. Ext. 

Gordon, Chief 2l6l 

Miss Heipt, 
secretary 
Room 145 

Mr. Yates, Assis- Ext. 
tant Acting Chief 2241 
Miss Young, 
secretary 
Room l48 























Name 


Function 


Division of 
Foreign 
Activity 
Correlation 
(cont 1 &) 


Division of 
Foreign 
Service Ad¬ 
ministration 


Division of 
Foreign 
Service 
Personnel 


Office of 
the Geog¬ 
rapher 


Justice, Military Intelligence, and Office of 
Naval Intelligence. (The connection with the 
Censorship Office is in regard to the diplo¬ 
matic privileges of the Latin American 
embassies here and reciprocal treatment 
accorded to the United States Embassies in 
Latin America.) 

Serves as a general headquarters and coordi¬ 
nating agency for all administrative matters 
that have to do with the functioning of the 
Foreign Service. 


Carries on its usual control of Foreign Ser¬ 
vice Personnel in Latin America and in addi¬ 
tion has organized the Foreign Service 
Auxiliary, which is composed of diplomats 
appointed for the duration. The majority are 
sent to Latin America to cope with the in¬ 
creased activities there between the United 
States and the Latin American republics. 

Prepares materials concerning the boundaries 
of the American republics. 


21 


STATE 


Phone 


Address Official 


17th & Penn¬ 

Mr. M. Davis, 

Ext. 

sylvania 

Chief 

544 

Avenue 

Mr. Harry Havens, 
Senior Assistant 
Chief, Room 113 


17 th & Penn¬ 

Mr. J.J.Enhardt, 

Ext. 

sylvania 

Chief 

401 

Avenue 

Miss Dieke, 



secretary 

Room 126 



Mr. Bailey, 
Assistant Chief 
Room 126-jjr 

763 

Temporary U 

Mrs. Boggs,Chief 

Ext. 

Building 

Room 1 U 05 

576 

12th & Con¬ 

Mrs. Bayles, 


stitution 

secretary 


Avenue 

Mr s. S. Saucerman, 

Ext. 


Assistant Chief 

2410 


Room 1409 













Dame 


Function 


Internation- 
al Boundary 
Commission 
United 
States and 
Mexico 


Internation¬ 
al Communi¬ 
cations 
Aviat ion 
Section 


Division of 
Internation- 
al Confer¬ 
ences 


Organized in I 889 , handles all questions 
affecting the "boundary, and has jurisdiction 
over the equitable distribution of waters and 
flood control of the Rio Grande and Colorado 
River. Both the American and Mexican sections 
maintain field offices in Si Paso, Texas. 


Concerned with the technical aspects of de- 
Germanizing the air lines in South America 
and installing more extensive American Army 
air line service. Organizes new lines to 
take the place of the .ftxis-controlled ones 
and supplies aviation equipment and tech¬ 
nically trained personnel. Investigates 
the reorganization of aviation in various 
South American countries and works in close 
cooperation with the Defense Supplies Corpo¬ 
ration of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora¬ 
tion, which finances its activities in Latin 
America. 

Charged with the responsibility of collabo¬ 
ration in the determination of policy with 
respect to United States participation and 
planning and execution of conferences in the 
United States and abroad, with the coopera¬ 
tion of foreign governments. Maintains close 
liaison with officials of international 
organizations such as the Pan American Union, 
and the Pan American Sanitary Bureau. 


Address 

STATE 

Official Phone 

El Paso, 

Texas 

Hon. L.M. Lawson, 
American Com¬ 
missioner 

(In Washington Ext. 
contact Mr. R. 203^+ 

Tan is 

Miss Lowry, sec¬ 
retary, Room 320, 

State) 

Temporary U 
Building 

12th & Con¬ 
stitution 
Avenue 

Mr. Steven Ext. 

Latchford, Chief 2086 
Miss V/allace, 
secretary 

Room 11+59 


1712 H Street 
tt.W. 

Mr. Warren Ext. 

Kelchner, Chief 5^0 
Miss L.Livengood, 
Secretary 








STATS 


Same 

Office of 
the Legal 
Advisor 


Political 
Warfare 
Sect ion 


Visa 

Division 


Sunction 

Address 

Official 

Phone 

Deals with all the legal aspects of the 
relations "between the United States and the 
other American republics; i.e. claim adjust¬ 
ments, extradition orders, deportation 
measures, etc. 

17 th & Penn¬ 
sylvania 
Avenue 

Mr. Green 
Kaclcworth, 

Room 268 

Miss Nash, 
Secretary 

Ext. 
5^2 

Performs on the political level the functions 
of the Board of Economic Warfare on the eco¬ 
nomic level. Attempts to frustrate Axis 
activities on all fronts and particularly is 
concerned with the internal implications of 
political moves of the United Nations. 

17 th & Penn¬ 
sylvania 
Avenue 

Mr. John Toop, 
Senior Division 
Assistant 

Miss Stiny, 
secretary 

Room 3 IS 

Ext. 
600 

Deals with matters connected with the adminis¬ 
tration of the immigration laws in so far as 
they concern the Department of State and its 
officers abroad in their function of con¬ 
trolling from abroad the entry of aliens into 

17 th & Penn¬ 
sylvania 
Avenue 

Mr. H.K.Travers, 
Chief 

Miss 3ossert, 
secretary, 

Room 20 U 5 

Ext. 
657 


the United States. 


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hr) 


TREASURY 


Kane 

Bureau of 
Customs 


oreign 

unds 

Control 


Function 

Is the administrative office for any of the 
"rights, -privileges, -cowers or duties, in 
respect of the importation or entry of mer¬ 
chandise into, or exportation of merchandise 
from, the United States, vested in or imposed 
upon the Secretary of the Treasury hy the 
Tariff Act." 

1. Aims at complete severance of all financial 
and commercial intercourse between United 
States and Axis or Axis dominated countries. 

2. Prevents trade between the United States 
and any country outside the Western Hemisphere 
which benefits the Axis. 

3 . Prevents trade between the United States 
and any other American republic which directly 
or indirectly benefit the Axis, including all 
transactions which benefit real or juridical 
persons within the American Hemisphere whose 
influence or activity is deemed inimical to 
the security of the Western Hemisphere. 

4. Eliminates financial and commercial activ¬ 
ities engaged in by real or juridical persons 
within the United States whose actions are 
inimical to safety of American Republics. 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

1512 H Street, 

Eon. W.R. Johnson, 

Ext. 

F.W. 

Commissioner 

Mrs. Bond, 
secretary 

Room 808 

400 


Mr. Dow, Assistant 

Room 8 O 3 

l6l0 Park 

Mr. J.W.Pehle, 

Ext. 

Road, U.W. 

Director 

Mrs. Taylor, 
secretary 

2801 


Orvis Schmidt, 

Ext. 


Assistant Di¬ 
rector 

Mrs. Sietz, 
secretary 

284? 


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Name 

Division of 

Monetary 

Research 


Bureau of 
Narcotics 


Secret 

Service 


Function 


TREASURY 

Address Official 


In the Latin American field, provides infor- Treasury Bldg, 

mation, economic analysis, and recommendations 15th & G 
for the use of various Treasury officials to Streets, N.W. 
assist in the formulation and execution of the 
monetary policies of the Department in this 
area in connection with the Stabilization 
Fund, operations under the Silver Purchase Act, 
and control over Foreign Funds. Does research 
and occasionally sends members to the various 
Latin American countries to assist these 
governments in the establishment or alteration 
of their financial institutions. Responsi¬ 
bility is assumed for directing the efforts 
of various officials from the Latin American 
nations who have come to this country to study 
our financial institutions. Formulates pro¬ 
gram for the establishment of the Inter- 
American Treasury Bulletin. 


Mr. Harold 
Glasfer, Assis¬ 
tant Director 
Room 200 

Mrs. R. Lawrence 
secretary 


Maintains indirect contact with the Latin lUth & K 

American countries, as it does with the Streets, N.W. 

European and Asiatic countries that have 
joined in the three International Opium Con¬ 
ventions of 1912 , 1925 1 and 1935 * through the 
Department of State. Concerned with the 
regulation of trade in narcotic drugs imported 
to and exported f < 4*31 the United States. Also 
cooperates on law enforcement with the Latin 
American countries. 


Mr. H. J. 
Anslinger, 
Commissioner 
Miss Renfrew, 
secretary 
Room 509 


Has very little contact with Latin America out¬ 
side of its cooperation with the Latin American 
countries on the work of eliminating counter¬ 
feiting. 


Treasury Bldg. Mr. Wilson, 

15th & Penn- Director 
sylvania Room 1164- 

Avenue Mr. Murphy, 

Assistant Di¬ 
rector, Room llb- 


Phone 

Ext. 
2093 


Ext. 
2202 


Ext. 
330 


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Name Function 


Military 
Intelli- 
gence-G- 2 

Collects, evaluates, and disseminates 
military information. 

Panama 

Canal 

Administers the Canal Zone, operates the 
Panama Canal, and carries on certain sani¬ 
tary functions in cooperation with the 
Republic of Panama. Main office is at 
Ancon, Canal Zone; the Washington establish 
ment is a field office. 


26 


Address 

WAR 

Official 

Phone 

Commerce 

Colonel McDonald, 

Sxt. 

Building 

Army Liaison 

1U10 


Official, R111.5O99A 

Ull 10th 

Mr. 3.F.Burdick 

Ext. 

Street, N.W. 

Miss Johnson, 

2945 


secretary 




Name 

Feder al Com¬ 
munications 
Commission 
Foreign 
Broadcast 
Intelli¬ 
gence 
Service 


Federal 
Trade Com¬ 
mission 
Legal 
Division 
Export 
Trade 
Section 

Maritine 
Commission 
Committee 
for the 
Coordina¬ 
tion of 
Inter- 
American 
Shipping 

Maritime 
Commission 
War Shin- 
ping Ad¬ 
minis¬ 
tration 


Function 

Conducts listening stations in Texas, San 
Juan, P. R., and Washington, D. C. Records 
Axis and Latin American urograms. Concerned 
with short wave Broadcasts from, to, and 
about Latin America. Renorts these Broad¬ 
casts as news, and analyzes and internrets 
them for G-overnment officials. 


Concerned with South America through the ad¬ 
ministration of the Export Trade Act, which 
covers the exnort associations filing napers 
with the Commission. Most recent snecialized 
study has Been on trade conditions, laws, 
etc., of other countries. 


INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

1424 K Street, 

Dr. Robert Lee, 

Ext. 

li.W. 

Director. 

127 


Mrs. Cox, Secretary 
Room 6l0 


Mr. Harold Graves, Ext. 


Assistant to 
Director. 

Miss D. Wel 1 s, 
secretary 

Room 60S 

130 

Apex Building 

Miss Ellen Love, 

Ext. 

6 th & Penn¬ 

Chief, Exnort 

33S 

sylvania 

Trade Section. 


Avenue 

Miss Grimes, 
secretary 

Room 485 



Seeks to coordinate the shinning requirements Commerce Bldg, 
of the Central and South American trades with lUth & Consti- 
the sunply of adequate vessel tonnage under tut ion Avenue 
the jurisdiction of the Maritime Commission 
and with the military Branches of the government. 

On this Board are Rear Admiral Emory Land, 

Mr. James Forrestal, Mr. Nelson Rockefeller, 

Mr. Dean Acheson, and Mr. Breckenridge Long. 

(This groun has not met in some time.) 


Mr. Creighton 
Peet, Executive 
Secretary, 

Room 4854 
Mrs. Beck, 
secretary 


Ext. 

36 


Maintains renresentatives in nort and harbor 
cities of the other American Republics. These 
men are apnointed By and communicate with the 
Assistant Administrator in charge of shin 
traffic and onerations. 


Commerce Bldg. Mr. Charles Ext. 

l4th & Consti- Stoddard, Snecial 579 
tution Avenue Renresentative 

Room 46l6 
Miss Stiny, 
secretary 


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INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS 


Name 

Function 

Address 

Official 

Phone 

United States 
Tariff Com¬ 
mission 
Economics 
Division 

Engaged primarily in research work and 
confidential work for the War Department. 

Has just completed a series of reports on 
commercial policy and foreign trade in Latin 
America. A report is being compiled currently 

7th & F 
Streets, N.W. 

Mr. H. Piquet, 
Chief 

Room 203 

Miss Webster, 
secretary 

Ext. 

55 


on the trade problems of the American Republics. 
Reports have also been published on the 
European possessions in the Caribbean. The 
division is re-presented on the inter¬ 
departmental committees that deal with the 
trade agreements with the various Latin 
American countries and they take a few Latin 
American interns each year for training in the 
Economics Division. 


28 













WAR AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 


Name 


Function 


Address Official Phone 


Board of 
Economic 
Warfare 


BEW-Office 


of Economic 
-Warfare 
Analysis 
American 
Hemi¬ 
sphere 
Division* 


Advises the President on essential economic Commerce Bldg, 

warfare measures. Coordinates the policies and l4th & Consti- 
actions of the government departments and agencies tut ion Avenue 
related to economic warfare. Develops integrated 
economic warfare plans and urograms and ascertains 
that, such activities are carried out "by the 
various denartments and agencies concerned. Com¬ 
putes foreign country requirements, works in 
conjunction with War Production Board, issues 
exnort licenses, develons imoorts of strategic 
commodities from ahroad, etc. Maintains reore- 
sentatives in Latin America. 


Henry A. Wallace, 
Chairman, Vice 
President of the 
United States. 
Milo Perkins, 
Director. 


Makes recommendations, nrimarily to the Office 
cf Imports and the Quartermaster Corns, on 
measures to increase the sunnly of strategic 
materials available to the United Nations from 
Latin America, and the sunplies which might he 
available to military forces onerating in this 
area. Initiates missions, in cooneration with 
the State Department, to imnrove industrial and 
transnortation techniques in Latin America, in 
order to relieve the burden on shipning from 
this country. Unon request, assists the Office 
of Exports in the analysis of exnort nrojects, 
and on problems relating to requirements of Latin 
American countries, shipning priorities, etc. 

Such recommendations are based unon analysis of 
productive capacity, transport, man power, and 
other economic facts, obtained from the Intelli¬ 
gence Division or from research sources. 


Commerce Bldg. William T.Stone, 
lUth & Consti- Assistant Director, 
tut ion Avenue in charge OEWA. 

Dr. Dewey Ext. 

Anderson, Chief 1022 
Mrs. M. Colman, 
secretary, 

Room 7^80. 


* Other Divisions of the Office of Economic Warfare Analysis are concerned tangentially with Latin 

American problems: United Nations Division, Blockade Division, etc. 

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A. 



Name 

BEW-Offico 
of Economic 
Warfare 
Analysis 
Interna¬ 
tional 
Transport 
Division 

BEW-Office 
of Economic 
Warfare 
analysis 
Petroleum 
Division 


BEW-Office 
of Economic 
Warfare 
Analysis 
Reoccupa- 
tion and 
Recon¬ 
struction 
Division 

BEW-Office 
of Exports 


Function 

All matters relating to international air 
transportation which fall within the 
responsibilities of the Board of Economic 
Warfare will he centralized here. This 
agency cooperates with the Office of Im¬ 
ports in the shipment of strategic cargoes 
to and from Latin America. 


WAR AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 


Address 


Official Phone 


Temporary T 
Building 
lUth & Consti¬ 
tution Avenue 


Mr. Philip 
Amram, Chief 
Room 20^7 
Mrs. Davies, 
secretary 


Ext. 

1701-2 

(Di-2200) 


a11 matters relating to petroleum and petro- Temporary T 

leum products that come within the resnonsi- Building 

bility of 3EW are centralized in the Petroleum lUth & Consti- 
Division. Acts in an advisory capacity to the tution Avenue 
Board on inter-agency committees with other 
agencies of the government. Particularly 
interested in the problems of oil from 
Venezuela and the Dutch West Indies refineries. 


Mr. C.V.Barry, 
Chief 

Mrs. Tole, 
secretary 
Room 2057 


Ext. 

153 ^ 

(Commerce 


Initiates and directs economic analysis related 
to problems of post-war reconstruction in 
foreign areas and in Latin America. Working on 
the possibility of building up a food reserve 
in Latin America for post-war Europe. 


Commerce Bldg. Mr. Max Lowen- 
lUth & Consti- thal, Chief 
tut ion Avenue Miss M.Bjork 
secretary 


Ext. 

(Commerce 


Handles all licensing of exporting to the other 2501 Qpe Street Hector Lazo, Di-2200 


Americas. Makes decisions relative to the 
exporting of all materials to the other Amer¬ 
icas on the basis of reports from the War 
Production Board, on priorities etc., from 
information from the State Department on the 
Proclaimed List of 31ocked Nationals, from 
data supplied by the United States Maritime 
Commission. 


N.W. Assistant Di- Ext.Hi? 

rector in charge I 7 U 2 
Temporary T. 

Miss Emmrich, 
secretary 


70 







Name 


Function 


3EW-0ffice 
of Imports 


Office for 
Emergency 
Management 
Alien 
Property 
Custodian 


OEM-Office 
of Censor¬ 
ship 


Concerned with the "buying and obtaining of 
strategic materials for the United States, and 
preclusive "buying designed to keen the mate¬ 
rial from falling into the hands of the Axis. 
aIso works on the development of potential 
sources of rubber, motel, end mineral supplies 
in the Latin American countries. 


Operates business enterprises and patents. 
Controls some companies, mostly chemical and 
pharmaceutical concerns, formerly owned by 
Axis nationals. Encourages the exportation 
of the products of these firms in order to 
compete with Axis firms in South America and 
to take over the German market there. 


Maintains postal, cable, and telephone censor¬ 
ship, in addition to examination stations in 
all the ports of entry in the United States and 
the Canal Zone. The Reports Division compiles 
documents on intercepted letters dealing with 
important subjects. 


WaR AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OREICE OR TEE PRESIDENT 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Temporary T 

Mr. Morris 

Di-22 

Building 

Rosenthal, 

Ext. 

lUth & Consti¬ 

Assistant Di¬ 

1011 

tution Avenue 

rector in 



charge, Room IO 69 


Mrs. Medley, 
secretary. 
Donald Rareed, 
assistant 

Room IO 63 

IU 39 

National Press 

Mr.Leo Crowley, 

Ext. 

3uilding 

Alien Property 
Custodian, 

Room 6 lU. 

Miss Roberts, 
secretary. 

Mr. Morrison 

20 


Tucker, Assistant 


Alien Property 
Custodian, Room 

6 lU. 

Rederal Trade 

Mr. John 

Ext. 

Commission 

Sorrells, Assis¬ 

- 6 

Building 

tant Director- 


7th & Penn¬ 

Press 


sylvania 

Room 536 


Avenue 

Mr. A. Armstrong, 


Assistant 




























WAR AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OEEICE OE 


TEE PRESIDENT 


Name 


Funct ion 


OEM-Coordi- Serves as the center for the coordination of 
nator of the cultural and welfare relations of the 
Inter-Amer- United States affecting hemisphere defense, 
ican Affairs Eormulates and executes programs in cooperation 
(CIaa) with the Department of State, which by effec¬ 

tive use of governmental and private facilities 
in such fields as the arts and sciences, edu¬ 
cation and travel, the radio, press, and 
cinema, will further national defense and 
strengthen the bonds between the nations of the 
western hemisphere. Works in cooperation with 
the Army, Navy, and other government depart¬ 
ments. Also, works on programs of health and 
sanitation, nutrition and food supply, rehabili¬ 
tation, commerce, finance, transportation, and 
communications. 


Office of Deals with the orders of the Latin countries 

Lend Lease and secures material for the military mis- 

Administration sions (air, naval and army). 

Latin Amer¬ 
ican Clear¬ 
ing Division 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Commerce Bldg. 

Mr. Nelson 

Re-7500 

lbth & Consti¬ 

Rockefeller, 

Ext. 

tution Avenue 

Coordinator 

Miss I.Spencer, 

5237 


secretary, Room 
3S9S3 

Mr. John 
McClintock, 

Ext. 


Basic Economy, 
Assistant Co¬ 

1*133 


ordinator 

Miss Wukash, 
secretary 



Room 3391 

Mr. J.Rovensky, 

Ext. 


Assistant Co¬ 
ordinator Com¬ 
mercial and 
Financial 
Division, 

Miss E. Randall, 

4282 


secretary. 

(Two other assis- 



tant coordinators 
of information and 


administrative 
services). 

Room 3895 


515 22nd 

Mr. Paul Sturm, 

Ext. 

Street N.W. 

Liaison Officer 

6739 


in charge 

Miss Gomborov, 

4177 


secretary, 

Room 2l6 



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Name 


Function 


WAR AGENCIES 

EXECUTIYE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
Address Official Phone 


Office of Establishes and maintains contacts in all 
Price Admin- American possessions. Sending a mission to 
istration Cuba at the request of the Cuban Government. 
Region 9 Planning a joint project with the Coordinator 
American of Inter-American Affairs to make the tech- 
territo- nical experience available to the Latin 
ries and American countries that desire it. They will 
posses- send advisers to South America and will 
sions accept their experts for training in Office 

of Price Administration here. 


Temporary D 
Building 
3 rd & Inde¬ 
pendence 
Avenue 


Mr. Rupert Ext. 

Emerson, Chief 7^324 
Room 232 

Miss D. Schacklette, 
secretary 


Office of 
Price Admin¬ 
istration 
Import- 
Exp6rt 
Division 


War Commu¬ 
nications 
Board 


Interested in the import and export price 
regulation of products to and from South 
America, in order to prevent any excessive 
price charges for the Latin American countries. 
It is an operating branch administering price 
regulations. At present is preparing a special 
report to trace the effects of the Office of 
Price Administration in Latin America. 

Is a staff agency, the members of which repre¬ 
sent the Army, Navy, Treasury, and State 
Departments. Collaborates with the radio 
program of the Coordinator of Inter-American 
Affairs to eliminate any direct or indirect 
axis interests or control in communications 
in Latin America. Is sponsoring the plan for 
dual communication channels to South America. 

The Board has no operating staff and the surveys 
of which they avail themselves are made by 
Federal Communications Commission staff. 


Census nldg. 

Dr. Seymour 

Ext. 

3rd & D 

Streets, N.W. 

Harris, Chief 
Mrs. Rackliffe, 
secretary, 

Room 51273 

72U51 

New Post 

Mr. James L. 

Ext. 

Office, 12 th 

Fly, Chairman 

32 

& Pennsylvania 

Mr. E.K. Jett 

Ext. 

Avenue 

(Chairman of 
Coordinating 
Council) Room 

7353 

Mrs. Durgin, 
assistant. 

145-6 


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Name 


Function 


OEM-Office 
of War In¬ 
formation 
Office of 
Strategic 
Services 
Latin 
American 
Section 


Collects and analyzes such strategic informa¬ 
tion as may he required hy the United States 
joint chiefs of staff, and plans and onerates 
such special services as may he directed hy 
the United States joint chiefs of staff. 


OEM-War 

Production 

Board 

Require¬ 
ments Com¬ 
mittee 


Evaluates the requests for exoorts that come 
from Board of Economic Warfare and determines 
the allocation and nrecedence for the export 
of critical materials. Checks requests hy the 
Latin American countries against the available 
supply of these items. 


WAR AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Library of 

Major Preston 

Na-2722 

Congress 

James, Chief 

Ext. 

Annex 

Miss Wright, 
secretary 

Dr. M.Halperin, 
assistant Chief 
Mrs. Stouffle, 
secretary. 

563 

Social Secu¬ 

Mr. Knowlson, 

Ext. 

rity Building 

Vice Chairman, 
WP3 Room 5079 
Miss Ehrlich, 

71211 


secretary. 

Mr. Frederick 

Ext. 


Roe, Executive- 
Secretary 

Room 5513 

Miss Meagher, 
secretary. 

2223 


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INTERNATIONAL AND PAN AMERICAN AGENCIES 


Name 

Agrarian 
Claims Com¬ 
mittee- 
United. States 
and Mexico 

American In¬ 
ternational 
Institute 
for the Pro¬ 
tection of 
Childhood 

Anglo-Ameri¬ 
can Carib¬ 
bean Com¬ 
mission 


Caribbean 

Advisory 

Committee 


Committee of 
Experts on 
the Codifi¬ 
cation of 
Internation- 
al Law 


Function 


Address 


Official Phone 


Established in 1938 to consider questions El Paso, 

arising from the expropriation of lands owned Texas 
by Americans in Mexico. It is not actually a 
claims commission, but rather a body which 
gives preliminary attention to cases. 


Lawrence M. 
Lawson, Com¬ 
missioner (of 
California) 


Created unon recommendations of the Pan 
American. Child Congresses. The governing 
body is an international council. 


Department of 
Labor, lUth & 
Constitution 
Avenue 


Miss Katherine Ext. 
Lenroot, Chief, 8 
Children's Bu¬ 
reau, Room 7130 
Miss Canine, 
secretary. 


Formed in March 19^2 to encourage and State Dept, 

strengthen social and economic cooperation Barr Building 
between the possessions of Great Britain and 
the-. United States ..in .the West Indies. Three 
representatives from each country sit on the 
Commission. 


Mr. Charles W. Ext. 
Taussig, Chair- 2612 
man, American 
Section 

Mr. Burns Weston, 
secretary, Room 


Organized in March 19^-2 and is composed of Barr Building 
representatives of various governments. 

Functions are similar to those of the Anglo- 
American Caribbean Commission except that 
work covers all countries of the Caribbean 
area. 


Mr. Charles W. Ext. 
Taussig, 2612 
Chairman 

Mr. Burns Weston, 
secretary, Room 316 


(For information 
see Dr. Manger) 

American States. Functions are implied in 
title. The secretariat maintains head¬ 
quarters at the Pan American Union. 


Set ut> in 1933» as the result of recommen¬ 
dations of the International Conference of 


Pan American 
Union 

























Name 

Emergency 
Advisory 
Committee 
for Polit¬ 
ical De¬ 
fense 


Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Com¬ 
mercial 
Arbitration 
Commission 


Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Com¬ 
mission of 
Women 


Punetion 


INTERNATIONAL AND PAN AMERICAN AGENCIES 


Address 


Official Phone 


Established as a result of the Rio conference 
of 1942. Seven members of the commission are 
chosen from among the twenty-one republics. 
a member each from Mexico, United States, 
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, and 
Uruguay sits on the Commission. Concerned 
with fifth column activities and checking 
Axis propaganda and subversive elements in the 
Latin American countries, and nrivileged to 
look into situations in any American republic 
that indicates subversive elements are at work. 
The chairman of the committee is Dr. Guani, 
Foreign Minister of Uruguay. 

The United States representative on this com¬ 
mittee is Carl Spaeth. 


Montevideo, 
Uruguay (no 
Washington 
office) 


Department of 
State, 17 th & 
Pennsylvania 
Avenue 


Mr. Seldon Ext. 

Chapin, United 2257 
States Liaison 
Officer, Room 321 
Miss Stallard, 
secretary 


Organized on the basis of a recommendation of 
the Seventh International Conference of Ameri¬ 
can States, for the purpose of settling by New York, N.Y. 

arbitration commercial differences arising 
between exporters and importers in the American 
republics. 


Created by the Sixth International Conference Fan American 
of American States, and reorganized at the Union 

Eighth Conference. Its purpose is to study the 
civil and political equality of the women of 
this continent. 


Senora Ana Rosas 
Martinez Guerrero, 
Chairman 

Senorita Minerva 
Bernadino 
Miss de Lozada, 
secretary. 


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Name 

Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Com¬ 
mittee for 
the Dairy- 
Industries 


Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Com¬ 
mittee of 
Experts on 
(Nature Pro¬ 
jection and 
Wildlife 
Preservation 

Int er-Amer- 
ican Com¬ 
mittee to 
Promote 
Social 
Security 


INTERNATIONAL AND PaN AMERICAN AGENCIES 


Punetion 

Not yet functioning as a unit. Is under the 
aegis of Dr. Earl 3ressman of the Coordinator 
of Inter-American Affairs. 


Address 

Department of 
Agriculture 
South Bldg. 


Official Phone 

See 

Mr. 0. E. Reed Ext. 
Bureau of Dairy 444l 
Industries, Dept, 
of Agriculture, 

Room 2953 

Mr. Kelly, Assistant 
Mrs. 3ilkert, 
secretary 


(Dr. Pressman, 
CIAa, ext. 6132 ) 


Organized pursuant to a resolution of the 
Eighth International Conference of American 
States, in 1932. Purpose is to establish 
protect;ion. of flora and fauna on a conti¬ 
nental basis. There is one representative 
from each of the twenty-one republics, al¬ 
though the Committee has not yet met. 


Smithsonian 

Institution 


Dr. Alexander Ext. 

Wetmore 118 

Mrs. Pearson, 
secretary. 


Constituted in Lima in December 19^0 in order 
to promote collaboration of social security 
agencies and institutions in American coun¬ 
tries. Works with the International Labour 
Office. Now coonerates with the Chilean 
Government in the sponsorship of the Inter- 
American Conference on Social Security 
September 10-l6, 19^2. 


International In Washington Ext. 
Labour Office, see Mr. M.Stern, 2901 
3 U 8 O University Room 1120. 

Street, Mont¬ 
real , Canada 
(In Washington, 
at 1825 H 
Street N.W.) 


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Name 

Int er-Amer¬ 
ican Com¬ 
mission for 
Territorial 
Administra¬ 
tion 

Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Defense 
3oard 


Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Devel¬ 
opment Com¬ 
mission 


Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Insti¬ 
tute of 
Agricultural 
Sciences 
(formerly 
Institute of 
Tropical 
Agriculture) 


INTERNATIONAL AND PAN AMERICAN AGENCIES 


Junction 

Created at the Second Meeting of Ministers of 
Foreign Affairs of the American States, Panama, 
July 1940, for the purpose of taking over the 
administration of European colonies and pos¬ 
sessions in America, whenever it should appear 
likely that these dependencies might pass from 
one European power to another. 

Established in March 1942. Consists of repre¬ 
sentatives of each of the twenty-one repub¬ 
lics. Concerned with the coordination of 
military, naval, and aeronautical defense of 
the western hemisphere. 


Is a permanent body whose function is to com¬ 
pile basic information, do technical studies, 
and make recommendations to the interested 
governments. Investigates natural resources, 
cultivation and marketing of agricultural and 
forest products, the establishment and devel¬ 
opment of industrial plants. 


Not operating as yet but is planned as a com¬ 
bined school and experiment station which will 
try to promote a bettor balanced agriculture 
in the Western Hemisphere, collect data on the 
agricultural problems of the Americas, develop 
a broad knowledge of tropical agricultural 
pests and diseases, and assist in the solution 
of serious problems in crop and animal 
production. 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

State Dept. 

Honorable Sumner 
Welles, Chairman 
Miss Clarkson, 
secretary, 

Hoorn 204 

Ext. 
424 


Federal Re¬ 

Lt. General S.D. 

Re-7500 

serve Bldg. 

Embick, Chairman 

Ext. 

Miss Foster, 

72865 


secretary 

Room 1206 



Colonel L. Higgins, 

Secret ary-General 

Commerce 3ldg. 

Mr. Nelson 

Ext. 

l4th & Consti¬ 

Rockefeller, 

4133 

tution Avenue 

Chairman 

Mr. John C. 
McClintock, 
Executive Secret 
Miss E. Wukash, 
secretary 

Room 3893 

ary 

Commerce Bldg. 

Dr. Earl Bress- 

Re-7500 

l4th & Consti¬ 

man, CIAA 

Ext. 

tution Avenue 

(probably will 
be Director) 

6132 


Mr. Robert Nichols, n 


Assistant. 



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Same 

Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Jurid¬ 
ical Com¬ 
mittee 


Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Radio 
Office 


Inter-Amer¬ 
ican Sta- 
tistica.1 
Institute 


Int er-Aner- 
ican Trade 
Mark 3ureau 


Inter -Amer¬ 
ican Union 
of the 
Carlb Dean 


Function 


INTERNATIONAL AND PAN AMERICAN AGENCIES 
Address Official Phone 


Formerly called the Inter-American Neutrality 
Committee. The Committee is an emergency 
"body established for the duration, for the 
purpose of studying and formulating recommen¬ 
dations relative to the war's ■problems. 


Pan American Mr. Canjes 
Union Building 


Serves as a secretariat for the Inter-American 
Radio conferences. Publishes and circulates 
information concerning radio, exchanges data 
relative to the accuracy and stability of 
radio frequencies and facilities, and ex¬ 
changes documents of a legal nature in that 
field. 


Habana, Cuba 
(No Washington 
office) 


Promotes statistical science and administration Constis Building 
among the nations of theWestern Hemisnhere and Suitland, 
furthers the practical use of statistics in Maryland 
these countries. 


Dr. M. Teixeiro Tr-3000 
Freitas, Ires . Ext. 

Dr. Dunn, 33$ 

Secretary-Genera1 
Miss Fhelns, 

Assistant. 


Established in 1910, and continued by conven- Habana, Cuba 
tions of 1923 and 1929- Under these agreements (No Washington 
nationals of each of the contracting steles office) 
enjoy the same rights and remedies within the 
territories of other contracting stales as their 
respective laws extend to their own nationals 
with respect to trade marks. The Bureau is a 
central agency for registering trade marks in 
countries which are parties to the convention. 

Has held two conferences, in 19^0 and 19^-1. The Habana, Cuba, 
union is interested primarily in promoting cul- (No Washington 
tural and intellectual contacts. Representa- office) 
tives came from United States, Colombia, Costa 
Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Salvador, 

Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 

and Panama. - 39 - 






Name 


Internation- 
al Cotton 
Advisory 
Committee 


Int ernation- 
al Ladour 
Of f ic e 


Internation¬ 
al Office of 
the Postal 
Union of the 
Americas and 
Spain 


Internation¬ 
al Transfer 
Office 


Function 


INTERNATIONAL AND PAN AMERICAN AGENCIES 
Address Official Phone 


Set un at an International Cotton Meeting, 
keens in close touch with developments in the 
world cotton situation, and is the agent for 
close cooneration among the cotton-nroducing 
countries of the world. Its members represent 
American, Euronean, and Asian countries. The 
United States representative is Under Secretary 
of State, Sumner Welles. 


Denartment of 
Agriculture, 
the Mall 
(between 12th 
& lUth S.W.) 


Dr. L.A.Wheeler, 
Chief, Foreign 
Agricultural 
Relations 
Mr. P. Norris, 
Room U521 
Mrs. Hyde, 
secretary. 


Ext. 

U015 


Has been instrumental in arranging labor con- McGill Uni- Miss Ethel Di~£>736 

ferenccs among the American states. Serves versity Johnson 

as a center of economic information and special Montreal, Canada 

studies. Organized in cooneration with the (Washington 

Peruvian Government the Inter-American Com- office, 73^ 

mittee to Promote Social Security in December Jackson Place) 

19^+0 and the Conference on Social Security 
at Santiago, Chile. 


Apnlies domestic postage rates to inter- Montevideo, Uruguay Ext. 

American mail, under a convention; and operates (There is no Washington 501 

the International Transfer Office at Panama. office but information 

may be obtained from 
Mr. Grayson, Acting 
Director of the Inter¬ 
national Postal 
Service of the United 
States Post Office 
Department.) 


Is an agency of the International Office of Panama, R. P. 

the Postal Union of the Americas and Snain, (No Washington 

situated at Panama, R.P., for the purnose of office) 
receiving and disnatching mail originating 
in countries not maintaining their own 
services at the Isthmus. 



r 7 






































Name 

Internation- 
al Wheat 
Council 


Joint Mexi¬ 
can-United. 
States 
Defense 
Commission 


Pan American 
Committee 
of the 
United 
States 


Pan American 
Highway 
Confedera¬ 
tion 


I ITT ERNATIONAL AND PAN AMER I CAN AGENCIES 


Function 

Is an outgrowth of the International Wheat Ad¬ 
visory Committee, which consisted of repre¬ 
sentatives of 21 producing countries, with 
headquarters in London. Since the Advisory 
Committee has been unaole to function during 
the war, the Wheat Council, consisting of 
representatives from Argentina, Australia, 
Canada, the United Kingdom and the United 
States, has been administering the Inter¬ 
national Wheat Agreement of June 1942. 
Attempting to control 19^3 wheat production. 

Organized by the governments of United States 
and Mexico to study the problems relating to 
the defense of the two countries and to pro¬ 
pose to the respective governments the 
measures which should he adopted. 


Exists in name only. Members are people 
actually interested in inter-American con¬ 
ferences, who may he expected to encourage 
their governments to adopt measures in con¬ 
formity with the conventions and resolutions 
of the International Conference of American 
States, and foster movements to improve 
inter-American relations. 

Organized in 1924. Has affiliates comprising 
national federations of highway engineers in 
several countries. 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Department of 

Mr.Ihul Appleby, 

Ext. 

Agriculture 

Chairman and 

3313 


U. S.representative, 
Under Secretary 
of Agriculture 
Administrative 
secretary, Mrs. Gooch 
(for information- 


Mr. G. Boals - Ext. 
Room 4052S) 5413 

Munitions Vice Admiral Re -6700 

Building Alfred Johnson Ext. 

Room 2109 (U.S.N.retired) 2189 


Lt.General Stanley 
Embick (U.S.a. 
retired) 

3rig. General Miguel 
Gonzalez-Cadena 
Brig. General Tomas 
Sanchez Hernandez 

State Dept. Adolf A. Eerie, Ext. 

Jr., Assistant H 33 
Secretary of 
State, Room 200 ^ 


Pan American Steven James 
Union (also 
Euenos ^ires) 







Name 


Function 


Pan American 
Highway 
Finance 
Committee 


Pan American 
Institute 
of Geography 
and History 


Pan American 

Railway 

Committee 


Pan American 

Resources 

Commission 


Established in conformity with the Pan Ameri¬ 
can Highway Convention, signed at Buenos Aires 
in 193 ^* Its purpose is to study ways and 
means of financing sections of the inter- 
American highway which remains to "be finished. 

Founded in 1929 . Collects and disseminates 
information on geographical and historical 
questions of mutual interest to countries of 
the western hemisphere. Publishes the 
Revista de Historia de America , and other 
works. 

One of the oldest international organizations 
in the Americas, having been authorized by the 
First International Conference of American 
States, in 1890- Surveyed the route of a 
proposed railway to extend from the United 
States border to Buenos Aires. Although there 
has been little activity in railway construc¬ 
tion lately, the committee continues to 
function. 

Organized on the recommendation of the Eighth 
American Scientific Conference, Washington, 

May 19^+0. It is intended to promote conser¬ 
vation and development of all natural 
resources, but its activities have been 
limited primarily to agriculture. The Office 
of Agricultural Adviser, Pan American Union, 
acts as permanent secretariat. The commission 
has not yet convened. 


NATIONAL A ED PA1T AMERICAN AGENCIES 


Address Official Phone 

Pan American Steven James 

Union (also 
Buenos Aires) 


Tacuba.ya, 
Mexico, D.F., 
Mexico 

No Washington 
office. 


Pan American Dr. Manger 
Union 


Mr. F. A.Delano is 
United States 
Delegate (Chairman 
of the Natural 
Resources Plan¬ 
ning Board) Ext. 

Jose L. Colon, J>2 

Secretary General, 
Miss Iglcsias, 

secretary 
























Name 


Function 


I NT ERNAT IONaL AND P.n_ A4ERIC.»N AGaNC iES 
Address Official Phone 


Panel of Established in conformity with the Inter- 
Mediators American Treaty on Good Offices and Mediation, 
193 fc- which provides for mediation when con¬ 
troversies cannot he settled by the usual 
diplomatic means, the panel is composed of 
mediators comprising two distinguished citizens 
of each of the 21 republics. 


Not a permanent body- 

(Pan American Union) 


Permanent Created in 1937 on the recommendation of the 
American Inter-American Technical Aviation Conference 
Aeronautical of Lima, Peru. The commission, unorganized as 
Commission yet, is to be composed of aviation experts 
appointed by each government. 


(Pan American 
Union) Civil 
Aeronautics 
Administration 
Commerce Bldg. 
lUth & Consti¬ 
tution Avenue 


Mr. Prank Morris Ext. 
United States 675 
Delegate 

Mr. Richard Elwell 


Permanent Established in conformity with the Additional Pan American 

Commissions Protocol of 1933 of the Ceneral Convention of Union 
of Investi- Inter-American Conciliation of 1929 . The 
gatian and commissions are bilateral, and comprise five 
Conciliation members each. 


Permanent 
Committee 
on Compar¬ 
ative 
Legisla¬ 
tion and 
Uniformity 
of Legis¬ 
lation 


Established in conformity with a resolution of Habana, Cuba 
the Sixth International Conference of American (Ho Washington 
States, 1928. Duties are to propose to the office) 
governments of the American republics topics 
pertinent to local law which are susceptible 
of codification, or which may serve as bases 
for uniformity of legislation; to receive 
replies from the governments and to transmit 
them to the Pan American Union for submittal 
to the Committee of Experts on the Codifica¬ 
tion of International Law. 

























Name 

Pan American 

Sanitary 

Bureau 


Pan American 
Soil Conser¬ 
vation Com¬ 
mission 


Pan American 
Union 


Function 


INTERiTAT IOFAL AND PAN AMERICAN AGENCIES 
Address Official Phone 


Is a center of coordination and information in Pan American 
the field of public health, and acts as a con- Union 
suiting hody at the request of national health- 
authorities; carries on epidemiological and 
scientific studies and publishes reports on 
public health and related subjects. Has rep¬ 
resentatives in the other American republics. 


Dr. Hugh Cumming, 

Ext. 

Director, 

34 

Miss M. Savage, 


secretary. 


Dr. Edward Ernst, 

Ext. 

Assistant. 

24 


Interested in the subject implied in its title. 
The American republics are represented; the 
delegate of the United States is Mr. Hugh E. 
Bennett, Chief, United States Soil Conserva¬ 
tion Service. (Formed in 1940, it has not 
yet convened.) 


(Department Mr. Hugh Bennett Ext. 
of Agriculture) United States 4531 

Delegate 

Hoorn 4975> South 
Building 
Miss Philips, 
secretary. 


Serves as the permanent secretariat of the Pan American 

International Conferences of American States. Union 
Prepares the programs and regulations of 
these inter-American meetings, compiling 
documentary material in advance; and also 
constitutes a depository of the archives of 
the conferences and the ratifications of 
treaties and conventions concluded under 
these congresses. It is, unofficially, an 
information center concerning member countries 
and their mutual relations. Publishes nu¬ 
merous reports, both general and special, which 
are distributed throughout the continent. The 
Union is controlled by a Governing Board, of 
which the Secretary of State is the permanent 
presiding officer. Administration is carried 
on under a Director General, a Vice-Director 
General and a considerable staff of employees 
and subordinate officers. 


Dr. Leo Rowe, 
Director General 
Miss O'Connell, 
secretary. 


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V i- 














Name 


Function 


IHTERUAT101TAL AUD PM AMERICM AGENCIES 
Address Official Phone 


Permanent 
Committee 
of Jurists 
on the Uni¬ 
fication of 
the Civil 
and Commer¬ 
cial Laws 
of America 


Created in accordance with a resolution of 
the Eighth International Conference of 
American states in 1938. Attempts to unify 
the civil and commercial laws of the 
Americas. 


Lima, Peru 
(No Washington 
office) 


Permanent Closely allied to the Pan American Highway 
Committee Confederation and the Pan American Highway 
of the Pan Finance Committee. 

American 

Congresses 


Buenos Aires, 
Argentina 
(Ho Washington 
office) 


Established in 1928, it is concerned with all 
matters -pertaining to -private international 
law. 

Internation¬ 
al Law 


Permanent 
Committee 
on Private 


Montevideo, 
Uruguay 
(Ho Washington 
office) 


Permanent 
Committee 
on Public 
Internation- 
al Law 


Established in 1928, it -performs functions 
similar to the foregoing in the field of 
public international law. 


Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil 

(Ho Washington 
off ice) 


- 4 p 





i • ] 



*' 













Name 


Function 


Federal Re- Has a general interest in Latin American 
serve System economics and trade development. Does re- 
Division search work on Latin American hanks and money 

of Re- markets and an Inter-American study of the 

search and whole of Latin America in the post-war -period. 
Statistics Has worked actively on the technical mission 


Interna¬ 

tional 

Section 

to Cuba. 

Federal Re¬ 
serve System 
Federal 

Carries the gold and dollar accounts of most 
of the Latin American countries or the gold 
that is ear-marked for them. Is an active 

Reserve 
Bank in 

New York 
Foreign 

operating agency. 


Research 

Division 


Federal Se¬ 
curity 

Agency 

Office of 
Education 

Assembles data and material and research on 
the other American republics, much of which 
is distributed through the Coordinator of 
Inter-American Affairs. Arranges for the 
circulation of Latin American material and 
exhibitions throughout the United States and 
has held summer institutes throughout the 
country. Cooperates with the Coordinator of 
Inter-American Affairs on a plan to inaugurate 
30 demonstration centers in the United States 
to demonstrate different methods of teaching 
and teacher training in this field. Various 
members of the Office have been in South 
America on study and inspection tours. 


- 46 


MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES 


Address 

Official Phone 

Federal Reserve 

Mr. Walter Gardner, 

Ext 

Building 

Chief, Room 3068 

308 

20th & Consti¬ 

Mr. Ficks, 


tution Avenue 

secretary. 

Mr. J.3. Knanp, 

Ext 


Assistant, 

Room 3 O 08 

Mrs. Glaser, 

309 


secretary. 


New York 

Mr. Wallach, 

Vice President 
in Charge of 
Foreign 

Operations 



Department of 

Dr. John 

Ext. 

Interior Bldg. 

Studebaker, 

2200 

18th & C 

Commissioner of 


Streets 

Education (secretary, 


Mrs. M. Scott) 
Room 3156 S 



Chester S.Williams, Ext. 
Assistant, 2019 
Room 3242S 





Name 

Federal Se¬ 
curity 
Agency 

Office of 
Education 
Inter- 
Ameri¬ 
can Re¬ 
lations 
Section 


Federal 
Works Agency 
Public 
Roads Ad¬ 
ministra¬ 
tion 
Inter- 
American 
Highway 
Regional 
Office 

Gorgas Memo¬ 
rial Insti¬ 
tute 
Gorgas 
Memorial 
Laboratory 


Function 


MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES 
Address Official Phone 


Works with the Department of State in the 
operation of the exchange of teachers and 
graduate students, of the Americas according 
to the Buenos Aires Convention of 193^. and 
cooperates with the Coordinator of Inter- 
American Affairs. Also prepares and dis¬ 
tributes lists of materials in the South 
American countries for use by teachers and 
the general public. Many articles are trans¬ 
lated into Spanish and Portuguese for use in 
South America and many Latin American publi¬ 
cations are translated into English. 


Department of 
Interior Bldg. 
ISth & C 
Streets 


Dr. John Patter- Ext. 
son, Chief 2255 

Room 27^9 
Miss M. Carlson, 
secretary. 


Administers a fund of $20,000,000 appropriated Lenox Building 
by Congress to aid in the construction of the 1523 L Street 
Central American section of the Inter-American 
Highway; and also maintains public roads 
relationships with Latin American governments. 

Has sent a group of American highway experts 
to Bolivia. 


Mr. E.W. James Ext. 
Director 13 

Miss M. Moran, 
secretary 
Room 507 

Mr. J.Harrison, Ext. 
assistant, 4 

Mrs. Gingell, 
secretary, 

Room 504 


Established in 1929 to undertake research in 
the cause and prevention of tropical diseases, 
and to carry on research in tropical veteri¬ 
nary medicine. 


Panama, R. P. (In Washington) Me -1313 
(In Washington Colonel J. Siler 
1835 Eye Street) Miss K. King, 

secretary. 


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Name 

Inter-De¬ 
partmental 
Committee 
on Cooper¬ 
ation with 
the Ameri¬ 
can Repub¬ 
lics 


Inter-De¬ 
partmental 
Committee 
on Food 
Supply 


Inter-De¬ 
partmental 
Committee 
on Foreign 
Funds 
Control 


Function 


MISCELLANEOUS AGENCI 
Address Official 


Composed of representatives of the Denartments 
of State, Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, Agri¬ 
culture, and Commerce; the Export-Import Rank, 
Federal Communications Commission, Federal 
Security Agency, Federal Works Agency, Library 
of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, United 
States Maritime Commission, Tariff Commission, 
and the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. 
The body is apparently a dependency of the 
State Department. Operations include inter- 
American educational relations, scientific 
relations, public health, social and economic 
welfare of women, surveys of strategic 
materials, loan of technical experts. 


Commerce Sldg. Mr. Nelson 
l4th & Consti- Rockefeller, 
tut ion Avenue Chairman, 

Miss I. Spencer, 
secretary. 

Mr. Melvin L. 
Leap (Depart¬ 
ment of State) 

Grant 3uilding 
Room 23 


Established in a resolution passed by Board of Commerce Bldg. 

Economic Warfare. Its function is to review l4th & Consti- 

and integrate the food supply program of the tut ion Avenue 

Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in the 

other American republics. Representatives of 

State, Commerce, Agriculture, Coordinator of 

Inter-American Affairs, and Board of Economic 

Warfare compose the Committee. The object is 

to guarantee an equitable food distribution 

in the American Hemisphere. 


Mr. John C. 
McClintock, 
Chairman, 
Room 3 S 5 I 
Miss Wukash, 
secretary. 


Formulates policy and makes decisions regarding Treasury Dept, 
administration of foreign funds. This includes Washington 
the funds of the Latin American republics. Building 

(Committee practically defunct.) 


(for information 
refer to Mr.Ber¬ 
nard Bernstein) 
Miss Utech, 
secretary 
Room 174 
(Mr. John Pehlc, 
Chairman, 

Room 723 ) 


- 4g - 


IS 

Phone 

Ext. 
5237 


Ext. 
2359 


Ext. 

4133 


Ext. 

2566 


Ext. 
2081 














Name 


Function 


Inter-De¬ 
part mental 
Committee 

on Hemi¬ 
sphere Com¬ 
munications 


Inter-De¬ 
partmental 
Committee 
on Techni¬ 
cal Aviation 
Training for 
Citizens of 
the Latin 
American 
Republics 

Inter-De¬ 
partmental 
Planning 
Committee 
for Inter¬ 
national 
Radio Com¬ 
munication 


The communications program has two major as¬ 
pects: (l) the elimination of enemy influence 

in Latin American communications, and (2) the 
improvement of communication service in Latin 
America, in order to meet hemisnhere defense 
needs. Correlates and coordinates the work of 
the other government agencies with, regard to 
these objectives. 


Composed of representatives from Coordinator 
of Inter-American Affairs, State, Navy, and 
War Department, Defense Supplies Corporation, 
Civil Aeronautics Administration, and Civil 
Aeronautics Board, assists in the program of 
Civil Aeronautics Administration to train 
students from the other Americas. Two pilot 
training schools are to bo established in 
Mexico, similar to those in the United States. 
The Civil Aeronautics Administration is 
providing instructors. 

Three-man committee with representatives from 
the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and 
the Office of War Information, Federal Com¬ 
munications Commission, and Board of War Com¬ 
munications. Plans for the coordinated use of 
all international broadcasting stations in the 
United States by the Office of War Information 
and Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs also 
plans for any necessary expansion. 


MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES 
Address Official Phone 


New Post Office Mr. J. L. Fly, 


3uilding 
12th & Penn¬ 
sylvania. 
Avenue 


Chairman 

Miss Gallap, 
secretary 
Room 6107 


Ext. 

9 


State Dept. 
Temporary U 
Building 


Mr. Arthur Lebel Ext. 
Room 1457 250S 

(Division of 
International 
Communications 
Aviation Section) 


New Post 
Office Bldg. 
12th & Penn¬ 
sylvania 
Avenue 


T.A.M. Craven, Ext. 
Commissioner- 24 
Chairman 

Mrs. M. Loveless, 
secretary, 

Room 6241 

Mr. James Veatch, Ext. 
Secretary 177 

Room 7507 
Mrs. Ennis, 
secretary. 








• A 




















Name 

Inter-De¬ 
partmental 
Shipping 
Priorities 
Advisory 
Committee 


Inter-De¬ 
partmental 
Transporta¬ 
tion Com¬ 
mittee 


Library of 
Congress 
Division 
of Docu¬ 
ments 


Function 

Acts as a clearing house for all information 
relative to the establishment of shipping 
priorities on import cargoes, quotas, and 
countries of origin. Cases are discussed in 
sub-committees and brought before the entire 
committee for final consideration. The recom¬ 
mendation is then sent to the War Production 
3oard. The members of this committee represent 
Board of Economic Warfare, War Production 
Board, Canadian Legation, Division of Civilian 
Supply, Office of Price Administration, Coor¬ 
dinator of Inter-American Affairs, Division of 
Defense Materials, State Department, Commerce, 
War Shipping Administration, Office of Defense 
Transportation, Army, Navy, Tariff, and Recon¬ 
struction Finance Corporation. 


MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Social 

Dr. W.Y.Elliott, 

Ext. 

Security 

Chairman, 

73392 

3p.il ding 

Room 2653 

Mr. Langdon 



Marvin, Jr. 

Ext. 


Secretary, 

Room 264V. 

3940 


Established to study railroad freight rates, Department of 
either domestic or joint railroad-steamer ex- Agriculture 
port or import rates as related to the work of 
various agencies. Rates of export and import 
to Puerto Rico and Cuba have also been studied. 

The Office of Price Administration, Coordinator 
of Inter-American Affairs, War Production 
Board, Office of Defense Transportation, Board 
of Economic Warfare, War, Commerce, and Agri¬ 
culture are represented on this Committee. 


Mr. Charles Ext. 

Cobell, Chairman 2512 
Mrs. Francis May, 
secretary, 

Room 13l4. 


Has prepared a number of bibliographies on the 1st between 
official documents of the other republics and East Capitol 
is constantly augmenting its library of Latin and 3 S.E. 
American government publications. 


Mr. J. Childs, Ext. 

Chief 596 

Miss Milligan, 

secretary 

Mrs. Paula 

Murray (Latin 595 

American work) 


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MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES 


Name 

Eunction 

Address 

Official 

Phon 

Library of 

Assembles and arranges materials relating to 

1st between 

Dr. Lewis Hanke, 

Ext. 

Congress 

the Hisnanic countries of the old world and 

East Capitol 

Director 

266 

Hispanic 

the new; prepares and publishes guides and 

and 3 S.E. 

Miss Mary Rodrigues, 

Eoundation 

bibliographical lists of scholarly material 
in the Library of Congress and elsewhere, and 
cooperates in the cultural uhases of the good 
neighbor policy. 


secretary. 


Library of 

Provides expert services in the fields of Latin 

Library of 

Dr. John Vance, 

Ext. 

Congress 

American law and legal literature, prepares 

Congress 

Librarian 

219 

Law 

guides and studies of nertinent materials, and 


Mr. J. Starnes, 


Library 

proposes to establish a center of legal studies 


secretary 



in the Library of Congress. 


Mr. Crawford 
Bishon, Chief, 

Ext. 




Latin American 
Law Section 

U02 




(Miss Marchant) 

n 

Library of 

Cpllects duplicate materials of the Library for 

Library of 

Archibald 


Congress 

exchange with Latin American cultural institu¬ 

Congress 

MacLeish 

Ext. 

Office of 

tions, and arranges for visits of prominent 


Librarian, 

205 

the Li¬ 

librarians from the other republics. 


Miss Bakey, 


brarian 



secretary. 


Library of 

Surveys of materials in the Library of Congress 

Library of 

Mr. Gilbert 

Ext. 

Congress 

and elsewhere in the United States are being 

Congress 

Chase, Assistant 

2 Si 

Division 

carried on by this division. Prenares and 


of Latin American 

of Music 

publishes guides and bibliographies of music in 
the Library for exchanges; and makes snecial 
electrical transcriptions in Spanish and Portu¬ 
guese for radio broadcasts in Latin America. 


Section. 
































MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES 


Name 

The National 
Archives 


Function 

The Archivist of the United States, the Admin¬ 
istrative Secretary, the Director of the Offi< 
of Reference Service, the former Office of Re¬ 
search and Publications, the Chief of the 
Division of State Department Archives, the 
Chief of the Division of Photographic Archives 
and Research, the Consultant in Latin American 
History in the Office of the Director of Refer¬ 
ence Service, and other members of the staff 
have extended courtesies and rendered assistance 
to visiting Latin American scholars and archi¬ 
vists, and carried on correspondence with others 
abroad. Furthermore, contacts with the archives 
of almost all of the Latin American nations have 
been established through exchanges of official 
publications, and similar ties have been made 
with historical and other learned societies in 
the other republics. Direct contact with Latin 
American archival establishments has been estab¬ 
lished by the visits of members of the staff to 
the other American countries and through corres¬ 
pondence. Descriptions of pertinent materials 
have been prepared by the Consultant in Latin 
American history end other members of the staff, 
a few of which have been published, others being 
available for consultation in the Office of the 
Director of Reference Service. Several microfilm 
and photostating projects have been undertaken of 
Latin American material, and the Chief of the 
Division of Photographic Archives and Research 
has advised Latin American archivists and scholars 
regarding installation of equipment for photo¬ 
graphic reproduction of records. So far, however, 
The National Archives has not adopted a definite 


Address 

Official 

Phone 

Pennsylvania 

Dr. S.J. Buck, 

Ext. 

Avenue between 

Room 100A 

211 

7 th & 9 th 

Mr. Angel, 

2 lU 

Streets 

Assistant, 

Room 100 



p 2 


of cooperation in the project fo: 


broadening Inter-American cultural relations. 


- 52 - 















Name 

National 
G-allery of 
Art 

Office of 
the Assis¬ 
tant Di¬ 
rector 


National 
Academy of 
Sciences 
National 
Research 
Council 


National 

Resources 

Planning 

Board 


Punction 


Address 


MISCELLANEOUS AC-ENCIES 

Official Phone 


Exchanges and distributes catalogues in Latin 
America, both directly and indirectly enter¬ 
tains visiting critics, and cooperates with 
the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-Ameri¬ 
can Affairs concerning dissemination of 
information about the National Gallery; also 
arranges for exhibitions of the work of Latin 
American artists. 


6th & Consti- Mr. Magill Ext. 

tution Avenue James, Assistant 2^5 

Director 

Miss Von Eellons, 
secretary. 


Organised at the request of the National Acad- 2101 Consti- 
emy of Sciences to organize research and to tution Avenue 
secure cooperation of military and civilian N.VJ. 
agencies in the solution of military problems, 
it stimulates research in the mathematical, 
physical, and biological sciences, and in the 
application of these sciences to engineering, 
agriculture, medicine, and other useful arts. 

There are two committees dealing with Latin 
America: the Latin American anthropology 

committee, and the Committee on Latin American 
psychology. 


Ross G.Harrison, 

Chairman Ex-8100 

Mrs. V/elpley, 
secretary. 


Maintains an office in Puerto Rico and is North Interior 

charged with collection, preparation, and 
distribution of information on the development 
and use of national resources. Its publica¬ 
tion ”National Planning in Selected Countries,” 
includes a discussion of national planning in 
Latin America and a detailed analysis of the 
planning projects of four of the Latin American 
republics. 


Charles W. Eliot, Ext. 
Director 3^0 

Mr. M. Jansson, 
Editorial Section, 
Room 7107, 

Mrs. Garner, 
secretary. 


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MISCELLANEOUS AC-E1TCIES 


Name 

Function 

Address 

Official 

Phone 

Public 

Health 
Service 

Cooperates with the Pan American Sanitary 
Bureau, an international organization. Assigns 
doctors and sanitary engineers to the Bureau 
for service in Latin America and arranges for 
scholarships in medicine, nursing, and sani¬ 
tation for students from the southern countries 

Rockville Pike, 

Bethesda, 

Maryland 

Dr. Thomas 

Parran, Surgeon 
General 

Miss Moak, 
secretary. 

01-4200 

Smithsonian 
Inst i tut ion 
Bureau of 
American 
Ethnology 

Now engaged in a five-year urogram of preparing 
a handbook on the existing and the extinct 
Indian tribes of South America. Cooperates on 
archaeological projects with South American 
governments, particularly Mexico. 

10th & Inde¬ 
pendence 

Avenue 

Dr. Matthew 
Stirling, Chief, 
Room 313 

Dr. Julian 
Stewart, Senior 
Anthropologist 
Mr. Wilding, 
secretary. 

Ext. 

3 

Smithsonian 

Institution 

Interna¬ 

tional 

Exchanges 

Forwarding agency for departmental or private 
agencies to send their publications. It- is 
used as a medium of transmission of documents 
to be exchanged. 

10th & Inde¬ 
pendence 

Avenue 

Mr. K.W.Dorsey, 
Administrative 
Assistant to 
Secretary, 

Room 219 

Ext. 

15 

Smithsonian 
Institut ion 
National 
Museum 

Is the national depository for materials in 
the natural sciences, and contains anthropo¬ 
logical, zoological, and geological specimens 
and materials from all over the world. At 
present is carrying on ichthyological and 
ornithological investigations in several 

South and Central American countries. 

10th & Inde¬ 
pendence 

Avenue 

Dr. Alexander 
Wetmore, Assis¬ 
tant Secretary 
of Smithsonian 
Institution, 

Mrs. Pearson, 
secretary. 

Ext. 

11S 


- 5U - 







INDEX 


Agriculture 

Coffee, 1, IS 
Cotton, 2, 40 

Dairy uroducts, 1, 3» 7> 37 

Food supply, 43 

Grain, 2, 4l 

Insect control, 1 

Livestock, 1, 2 

Plants, 1, 2 

Production, 3 

Research, 2, 38 , 42 

Soil conservation, 4, 44 


Cultural Delations 


Art, 11, 32 , 53 

Education, 4, 19 , 20, 32, 46, 47, 
51. 52, 54 

Films, 12, 19, 20, 32, 52 
International agencies (general), 

22 , 32 , 39 , 4l, 42, 44, 53 

Music, 32, 51 
Press, 20, 32 

Radio, 11, 19, 27, 32, 39. 51 
Science, 20, 32 , 48, 53» 54 
Travel, 12, 32 


Finance 


Economics, general (see under 
Trade and Industry) 
Foreign funds, 17, 24, 46, 4g 
Loans, 6, 7» 12 


- 55 


Finance (cont'd) 


Price control, 33 
Purchasing agreements, 1, 7 
Research and statistics, 6, 25, 39, 


Government and Politics 

Boundaries, 21, 22 
Census, 5 

Documents, 19, 52, 54 
Foreign Service, 21, 23 
Law and claims, 23 , 27 , 35, 39, 43, 
45, 51 

Political relations, 16-21, 35, 43 
Postal service, 40 
Territories, 12, 26 , 33» 38 


Health and Welfare 

Child welfare, l4, 35 
Hurricane relief, 12 
Indian affairs, 11, 32 , 54 
Narcotics, 25 
Nutrition, 32 

Sanitation, 19 , 32, 41+, 47 , 54 
Social work, l4, 19 
Women, l4, 36 


Labor 


Arbitration, 36 
Conditions, 19 



























Labor (cont’d) 


Legislation, l4, 40 
Social security, 37* 40 


Natural Hesources 


Development, 3» 5» 6, 7* 32. 53 
Fish and wild life, 9» 37 
Forests, 3 
Minerals, 7. IQ. 11 
Petroleum, 12, 19 
Rubber, 4, 7 

Strategic materials, 7. 10. 11. 12, 
17, 19. 29. 30 


Trade and Industry 

Agreements, 17 . 32 

Economics, general, 6, 8, 9 . l6, 18, 

19. 20 , 24, 28 , 29 , 30 , 39 , 44, 
46, 48 

Exports, 6 , 8 , 9 , 17 , 24, 27 , 30 , 

33* 3^t 35, 50 

Foreign exchange, 8 

Imports, 9 , 16 , 17 , 13, 24, 27 , 30 , 
31. 33* 36 

Missions, 29 

Tariffs, 8 , 9 , 17 , 24, 28 
Trade marks, 39 


Transportation and Cemmunications 


Aviation, 5. 7. 22, 29, 43, 49, 50 

Highways, 4l, 42, 4-5, 4-7 

Panama Canal, 26 

Radio, 27, 33, 49 

Railways, 42, 50 

Shipping, IS, 27. 50 

Weather forecasts, 9 


War and Defense 


Alien property, 31 

Blacklist, 6, 19, 20 

Censorship and Intelligence, 13 , 15. 

19, 20, 21, 26, 27. 31, 3^ 

Coast Guard, 15 

Economic defense, 29> 30. 3^ 

Lend lease, 32 
Materials, 32 

Military defense, 3' 4 * 3^. 4l 
Political defense, 23 , 3^ 

Secret service, 25 

















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